I don't know about the "One True" language, but it seems clear that people are casting about for the next generation successor to C and C++; that is to say a fa

I don't know about the "One True" language, but it seems clear that people are casting about for the next generation successor to C and C++; that is to say a fast, compiled, statically typed language incorporating the lessons of the last 25 years and dropping various baggage. It's what the whole D/rust/go thing is about. D is really great. The terseness, modeling power, and general ease of writing it correctly the first time seem to obviate the need for higher level languages, for me.