 How did you get started in hacking/programming?
gtani: i was working at a smallish financial institution, they asked anybody who doesn't want to do databases and unix shell scripting, step back!So my first languages were APL, C, awk and a few 4GL databases, oracle, nomad.Now, i would start with ruby and python, then look at erlang, clojure, scala, haskell, ocaml, F#.  i.e. lots of FP