Haskell is "cleaner" and "purer" if you're coming from a mathematical background its also probably going to be easier. Since this is going to be your first prog

Haskell is "cleaner" and "purer" if you're coming from a mathematical background its also probably going to be easier. Since this is going to be your first programming language I'd suggest Haskell since its cetianly more elegant (in my opinion). I'm a biased Haskell enthusiasist so that's my suggestion :)