hey, i am an academic person. I dont know about the situation in industries, but in universities,yeah it is given an increased attention these days. Partly, the ease with which you can import it to the hardware, and majorly, the neatness it provides. It is also supported by an amazing array of scientific packages. Otherwise,I dont know how to compare C++ with a scripting language like python. Hope this helped a bit.
Python is a high level scripting language written in C.
It is good for rapid prototyping of systems and has a large number of available libraries and modules. It is also open source and free.
It is executed by the python interpreter.
C# is a modern type safe compiled language that attempts to combine and use the strengths of other languages and avoid their shortcommings. It uses elements of C++, Delphi, Perl, Java etc.