Another good choice is F#. I started off with Haskell, but there was definitely a steep learning curve, so I eventually found my way over to Erlang. Erlang's

Another good choice is F#. I started off with Haskell, but there was definitely a steep learning curve, so I eventually found my way over to Erlang. Erlang's great, but its not for everythng. Now I'm working with F#, which is pragmatic, and has the support of .Net libraries.