kdb is great, basically it combines an APL like language and a database, which is very cool as you can easily push your calculations to where your data lives:

kdb is great, basically it combines an APL like language and a database, which is very cool as you can easily push your calculations to where your data lives: http://www.timestored.com/kdb-guides/kdb-database-intro http://www.timestored.com/kdb-guides/kdb-database-intro If you want to dive in and try it, I've also made a video tutorial here: http://www.timestored.com/kdb-guides/getting-started-kdb http://www.timestored.com/kdb-guides/getting-started-kdb Even if you don't use it, it's an interesting language to study as it's significantly different to the common java/python etc. The one drawback is that for commercial use it's very expensive. Other "modern" APL like languages that are available free include J and kona (open source K).