From what I have seen of it, I really like Vala. It is a high-level C-like language that feels somewhat similar to C#, but compiles to plain C and uses the same

From what I have seen of it, I really like Vala. It is a high-level C-like language that feels somewhat similar to C#, but compiles to plain C and uses the same ABI. Of course, some people will dislike the fact that it is tightly coupled to GObject. You could also make a C DSL in Haskell if you have time ;): http://trac.sivity.net/language_c/ http://trac.sivity.net/language_c/ Or use an existing one: http://hackage.haskell.org/package/copilot http://hackage.haskell.org/package/copilot