[TheKickOff]

Java. Despite what you may hear about it, this remains the number one or two (depending on who you ask) language in use.

It has a HUGE amount of libraries available and the standard library (SE and EE) cover a lot of ground.

[GoldenMonkey]

nada, too much overhead... get something lightweight... you can run python in the terminal.

[bnejad]

You are aware that you can also run Java "in the terminal" right?