I 100% agree with your complaints about Rust; you might notice that I provided Rust as an example that I dislike, as it is well-known, not as an "only solution"

I 100% agree with your complaints about Rust; you might notice that I provided Rust as an example that I dislike, as it is well-known, not as an "only solution". However, I disagree (strongly) with your decision to continued interest in using C: please use almost anything at all other than C (including C++, which isn't perfect but is infinitely better than C++ due to features such as deconstructors).