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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He probably means, use classes, use one consistent version of inheritance, don't overdo it with multiple inheritance, and don't make template <template>  <template friend> Functor++ &*friend >>>>>>template< > << friends*&.