Interesting post by voidspace. Ruby and Python are doing well, according to the latest TIOBE index. Java, C and C++ and 1, 2 and 3 on the list http://jugad.livejournal.com/2006/09/29/ Vasudev Ram http://www.dancingbison.com P.S. Dunno why "hot new" though - not too many of them are new. More like "newly hot" ... :-)