I use Julia (http://julialang.org/ http://julialang.org/) and have found that it brings the best of multiple worlds into one neat platform. There are the native

I use Julia (http://julialang.org/ http://julialang.org/) and have found that it brings the best of multiple worlds into one neat platform. There are the native Julia functions, but there are interfaces to C, Python, and R. Plus, programming in the language is a pleasure.