Good language to develop a game server in?

Question

I was just wondering what language would be a good choice for developing a game server to support a large (thousands) number of users? I dabbled in python, but realized that it

Answer 1

Erlang is a language which is designed around concurrency and distribution over several servers, which is perfect for server software. Some links about Erlang and game-servers:

http://www.devmaster.net/articles/mmo-scalable-server/

http://www.erlang-consulting.com/euc2005/mmog/mmog_in_erlang.htm

I'm thinking of writing a game-server in Erlang myself.