It's not yet ready for primetime, but Scala Native (http://scala-native.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ http://scala-native.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) might just make

It's not yet ready for primetime, but Scala Native (http://scala-native.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ http://scala-native.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) might just make a splash in the systems space. I don't think it has anything like ownership yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if it eventually develops that capability. I think you can get it to run without GC, too, but using C Stdlib memory management. Although, that largely defeats the memory-safety. Just throwing it out there as something to keep an eye on!