I'm sorry, but I'm not the one who brought up Python. In any case, even compared to other systems languages, C++ is a mine field. It's sad that C++ and C are

I'm sorry, but I'm not the one who brought up Python. In any case, even compared to other systems languages, C++ is a mine field. It's sad that C++ and C are so entrenched that you've even equated systems and fast and unsafe, when unsafe really doesn't belong there. Look at Ada. It performs just as well as C++ and is/was routinely used in low level embedded systems and safety critical systems. It's widely regarded as safe and doesn't have the problems C++ is so often associated with. It was first standardized in 1983 and C++ is just now getting around to adding some of the stuff Ada has had all along. And then there are the newer, relatively unproven languages like Rust, Go, and D.