Perl 6 appears to be the SNOBOL of our times, with grammars being a first-class lex, plenty of functional idioms, APL influences and a reasonable object system.

Perl 6 appears to be the SNOBOL of our times, with grammars being a first-class lex, plenty of functional idioms, APL influences and a reasonable object system. Given how much of contemporary programming is munging, I can see it really picking up steam.