The best languages and frameworks and tools for doing web startups??

[maf]

I m planning to do so web startup , so where do I start.... As of now , I know c,cpp , java....give me an insight into the kind languages , web frameworks and tools used by startups today...

[bcater]

I like mzscheme (a variant of Scheme, which is a variant of Lisp), but Python is growing on me. When I need database interactions, I use PHP, and when I want neat effects, I use javascript.

[davidw]

I personally think that you can't beat Visual Forth ++.