Crystal. Someone wrote an OS out of it, but if you don't like GC then;
Zig, my view is that it is practically a modern take on C, or commonly known as Better C.
There is "Das C" or "D as C", if you are looking for something similar to Better C.
Or if you want something that is extremely well polished, Ada.
But we are all on HN after all. So it is only fair to say nothing can ever be as good as Rust if you want memory safe. You should just ignore the drama and use Rust.
Zig, my view is that it is practically a modern take on C, or commonly known as Better C.
There is "Das C" or "D as C", if you are looking for something similar to Better C.
Or if you want something that is extremely well polished, Ada.
But we are all on HN after all. So it is only fair to say nothing can ever be as good as Rust if you want memory safe. You should just ignore the drama and use Rust.