[gtani]

Python/Lisp/Ruby/Perl/Whatevermakesyouhappy.

Note all the hubbub about functional languages:

1. Common Lisp, scheme (ML/haskell people argue they're not fully FP).

2. Haskell and erlang have been evolving since the 80's into really powerful constructs.

3. Scala, clojure, F#, JRuby, groovy for JVM and .NET CLR.

4. OCaml, SML, some other ML's.

5. And also some you don't hear about so much: clean, dylan