High Level Languages that aren't shit

Do any exist? I've been looking for something like a high level C. The closest thing is probably Lua, but that's obviously unacceptable. Plus Lua is more C++ and less C. I liked Perl, but Perl 6 is not so good and has left a bad taste in my mouth.

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Lua does have a very strong C feel to it.

Are you fucking retarded?

What the fuck is this bullshit? Who would deny that Lua is closer to C++ than C?

Lua is no where near C++ or C.

You must have confused Lua with JavaScript. If you have had said JavaScript I could maybe see your point of view.