A customer reported this last Friday. After he installed Softimage 2011 SP1, he uninstalled 2011, and after that Python did not show up as a scripting language in 2011 SP1.

I uninstalled 2011 and sure enough Python was gone in 2011 SP1.
To get Python back, open a Softimage 2011 SP1 command prompt and run runonce.bat.

Note that on Windows 7 or Vista, you’ll have to use an elevated command prompt (right-click the Command Prompt shortcut and click Run as Administrator).