pros

Lets say what we like about programming languages for a change.

C: Very fast and simple syntax.
C++: Has some useful standard libraries that C doesn't have, like vector and map.
Java: Has a very good garbage collector.
Lisp: You can make intersting self-modifying programs with macros.
PHP: Is one of the more readable scripting languages
Python: The forced indentation of code is an interesting idea
Ruby: no comment

>>17
Well, there's Haskell's syntax:
\x y -> x * y

Or, you know, lambda calculus.
(λ f. λ x. λ y. f x y)