The people "in charge" of C are just not interested in radical changes - they have not even bothered to add better strings. There was a recent post here describ

The people "in charge" of C are just not interested in radical changes - they have not even bothered to add better strings. There was a recent post here describing how the C standard bodies even oppose adding warnings, because it would increase the size of building logs. So the only chance for advancement are those who propose radical changes, like Rust, or Zig if you want something less complex and "spiritually" closer to C