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It depends - What do you mean by "kickass" ????

A very incomplete list ...

Utmost speed, very close to the metal: C, C++, Assembler

Easiest to learn and write, quickly: Python, Ruby

Will get you a job in most large corporates: Java, C#, COBOL

Will run on all browsers and many servers: ECMAScript, aka JavaScript (TM Oracle Corp)

Might impress the technorati: Haskell, Scala, Erlang, Common Lisp, ML, F#, Scheme

Totally utterly useless and do your brain in: BrainFuck

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