Frenetic: A Network Programming Language

Examples are Python: <a href="http://www.frenetic-lang.org/examples/" rel="nofollow">http://www.frenetic-lang.org/examples/</a><p>It looks like a DSL-ish library for Python rather than a new programming language.

temptation to go on about a Philly Frenetic...

just curious, but what are the most popular alternatives - just C/java "socket" programming ?