Actually Ian, Scala has all the things you mention ( It isn't as nice for direct memory manipulation as C, but you can do it ). Not that everything in that list

Actually Ian, Scala has all the things you mention ( It isn't as nice for direct memory manipulation as C, but you can do it ). Not that everything in that list is important or necessary, It kind of like saying you can't get a car that has a maximum speed of 200mph and a fuel economy of 100+ MPG, and is also a reusable space launch vehicle. Yeah each of those exist, and we could make something that checked all those boxes, but even if we could would it be wise to design said vehicle just to meet an arbitrary set of features, not taking into account any trade offs that would make it better at any single task ?