My Alma Matta offers a number of 'elective' languages (such as Perl, Java, and Visual Basic - C++ is still the staple there), usually one or two a semester.

i attended the CGI Programming with Perl during the summer semester of 1998 - thanks Dr. Cheatham!!

jeffa

    A flute with no holes is not a flute . . .
a doughnut with no holes is a danish.
                                - Basho,
                                  famous philosopher