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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There's more to life than programming. It is fun, but I don't think I would program if I had a week left to live. I'd probably walk around, and climb stuff or something.
You must be joking friend.