Thanks, I'll sure get into those languages. But I think I'll just try and see if I can get into Haskell first. I'm intrigued after reading the introduction.

Even if you are not in a position to use Haskell in your programming projects, learning Haskell can make you a better programmer in any language.

Haskell has good support for parallel and multicore programming.

If I get struck, I'll the route you mentioned.