What dou you mean by better than C? A different paradigm or a better implementation? In which regard? Lisp/scheme are different paradigms, but are they even “a

What dou you mean by better than C? A different paradigm or a better implementation? In which regard? Lisp/scheme are different paradigms, but are they even “abstractions over assembly”? D is closer to C, but does it really abstract from assembly in a better way, or in just the same? FASM is heavy macroed self-building assembler, but is it an abstraction or just a codegen toolkit? The question seems like too broad.