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I recommend to look at D. https://dlang.org/

From the next release you will be even able to import C into D. https://dlang.org/changelog/2.099.0.html#__import

So just use C++ without those features...

That's what I do, but it doesn't change the fact that compiling C++ is pretty heavy and slow, and C++ still suffers from a lot of backward compatibility.

Sounds like you just want a library like GLib.

Vlang is the most simple in your list – it is a different syntax, but not much more complex than C.

Being an over-engineered monstrosity that it is, Glib is probably the exact opposite of what GP wants.

"Those who don't understand Glib are destined to reimplement it and have their work also referred to as an over-engineered monstrosity"

How do you have vectors and maps without templates?