What's needed is a "C historian" who documents all the attempts to rework or compete with C, and make an analysis and summary of the results and trade-offs. I d

What's needed is a "C historian" who documents all the attempts to rework or compete with C, and make an analysis and summary of the results and trade-offs. I doubt there's a free lunch (no trade-offs), but studying past attempts can tell what's been close.