Poll: Best language?

What's in your eyes is the best language?

C (Say version)
Java
VB
PHP
Python

Other** (Please State)

Scala
Perl
Javascript
Java
C

about PHP.... the language itself is shit, but because of its tight integration with Apache, it's actually super easy to hack something together quickly and it Just Werks. Sadly I must say I like PHP... not the language though.