I know this isn`t what you are asking but I`m starting to learn python and it`s incredibly useful.And like someone said , you can make windows apps, server side apps and pretty much anything else.
Of course for a big windows app it won`t work, but for automating tasks and stuff,it`s looking really good.
I`m learning from a couple of free books on the net :
http://www.byteofpython.info/
http://diveintopython.org/