On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 22:16:54 -0500 Paulo Nuin <nuin at genedrift.org> wrote: > Hi > > I downloaded F# but haven't tried yet. I heard it is pretty good for > heavy stuff. I will give a closer look. > You may also want to have a look to Fortress, the new language by Sun, which holds a lot of promise for the future. BTW, for those neglecting it, Fortran, with the 90, 95 and 2000 standards may still hold surprises and see a renaissace again. No joke (shrug). As I said, there is no single best language, and it's better to learn one well and then change on demand. Anybody selling you one language is selling you snake oil. j