I fully agree with you. C, a language designed in 1972, has the issues you outlined. I personally have higher expectations of a language designed in the 2000s

I fully agree with you. C, a language designed in 1972, has the issues you outlined. I personally have higher expectations of a language designed in the 2000s by people standing on the shoulders of 40 years of computer science and language research. Here's a contrived analogy: Imagine if you bought the newest Tesla truck meant to replace old Ford model trucks and you had to vigorously shake the steering wheel in order to lower the driver's window. You're saying: "Ford trucks have always used a hand crank and that feels strange too if you're not used to it!" I'm saying: "Why did they choose to make it equally strange in the first place?"