Google GO Programming Language.

http://golang.org/

At first glance you might think, "wow, just another C based object-oriented programming language" but you should know by now google always steps it up. The bottom line is GO is fast as shit.

"The native Go compilers, called 6g and 8g (for 64-bit and x86), are designed to be extremely fast. There is also an alternative compiler called Gccgo that is based on the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). The GCC-based compiler isn't as fast but is said to generate more efficient code. I was initially a bit surprised that Google chose not to use the Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM) compiler framework—it has a lot of LLVM expertise internally and is using it extensively for their awesome Python optimization effort. Pike says that LLVM was considered during the early stages of the Go project, but its compile-time performance was judged to be inadequate."

here is the video promo for GO!

and a news article from arstechnica.

Being Open-Source we can expect this project to grow and be a part of the mainstream very soon. I highly doubt it will disappoint.