> When I looked at Python, it looked interesting. Then I found out that -white space is important-. I thought about what it might be like to worry about that, and decided -not for me-.

I did the same thing. In fact, this is why I came to comment on this thread: my initial reaction was to turn my nose up at the significant indentation. Then I gave it a try, and I got over it in about five minutes. It just wasn't the big deal I thought it was. I've heard a lot of other people say the same thing.