Programming language for Artificial intelligence?

Answer 1

Python is excellent for this although not necessarily for time-critical challenges - it's "a bit" slow. But it has a rich library/modules support. About which particular field of AI we are talking here?

Answer 2

Scheme is quite often quoted as a good programming language for machine learning as it has got reflexion

However, python and c++ are also very commonly used! Python has got a very nice library called numpy which is quite useful when you are starting out in ml field.