C++ or Python

After playing with python and implemented it in a commercial product lately, i am quite happy with familiarity i have with the language now.

So the question is, will Python replace C++ in my new work? Unfortunately, i must say as long as i am in Windows, C++ is still one of the best language to use for shipping solid, tight and resource friendly code. I can't hire a team of C++ as easily as i can hire and train programmers in python and C#, the latter being a preference in Windows also.

So whats all these fuss of Python rocks etc?
Python does rocks, however one has to taken into consideration at the base level its still pretty much a bytecode interpreted language. C++ however gives you total power and its limited only by programmer's skill and knowledge.

In today's programming, one needs to be practical. If i need to hire good C++ programmers, it would take much effort and its nearly impossible to keep them. If their skills are amaturish we end up with a ton of bugs which needs time to debug and fix and like habits , some programmers takes a long time to fix their coding practice. This is where languages like C# and Python comes in, it makes forming a team fast, it lowers the penalty and possibility of bugs in programming (Python even enforces tabs and code readability to some extent).

Although there are success stories in Pyton, eg the bittorrrent, one must not forget the current popular bittorrent client is utorrrent, which i believe given the size, is probably written in C++. So how does a C++ product replace a Python product given that the Python product was already in the market lead?

I leave that question to you.