I ♡ TITS (TIAS)

There's a (sadly too common) practice consisting of asking about something before having tried anything related to it. I mean, if you're working on nuclear fision, better ask first, but if you're trying a software library, or want to know which advantage gives you using this db vs that other one, just TIAS (or its NSFW version TITS The link is SFW, don't worry). This will give you a fairly good overview of what does this language/lib/anything can do for you, and how easy/difficult is FOR YOU to use it.

erlang
haskell
redis
mongodb
clojure
scheme
python (or this if you have MS Silverlight)

Btw, combo pun for the ones that came to the last FestaFIB '10. A pun on a pun on a pun on "I love ..." T-shirts .