I'd start with Haskell or Scheme. They are a lot easier to get started and learn than anything JVM. For Haskell, this course is awesome: http://www.seas.upenn.e

I'd start with Haskell or Scheme. They are a lot easier to get started and learn than anything JVM. For Haskell, this course is awesome: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cis194/lectures.html http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~cis194/lectures.html For Scheme, just do the first two chapters of SICP. In fact, do that anyway!