I think (personal opinion / belief) Go hits that sweet spot; it's an "easy" language, but compiles down to a binary instead of e.g. Java, C#, JS etc. Mind you

I think (personal opinion / belief) Go hits that sweet spot; it's an "easy" language, but compiles down to a binary instead of e.g. Java, C#, JS etc. Mind you I'm sure there were similar attempts at a language with those goals, but they didn't have the backing of Google.