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Agree with R, but certainly not with Go (not even google is dedicated to make this the next big language, they call it an "experiment") ActionScript is Flash, right?! I would say JavaScript..

And Scala and Scheme? Maybe some academics use that, but I don't know a business which relies on it.

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A number of web startups are using scala for their apps, most notably foursquare. I wouldn't dismiss it as academic when the big push I am seeing for it is for use with lift (scala webapp framework).

Last time I tried it, getting started with Lift was a convoluted process. Scala is a nice language but, IMO, it needs to rid itself of dependencies on Java tools like Maven and Eclipse if it wants to get anywhere.

sbaz is nice. More sbaz everywhere would be nicer. It's one of the best language-specific package managers I've used.

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