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.

FUCK!

Seriously... I've got a message for 90% of you posting this thread.

It's very simple: GC is shit.

[i]shit[/shit]

Stop trolling now. OP asked for advice and you offer your GC toy languages? Go fuck yourselves. I hope you face horrible deaths.

consider this:
- Java == GC --> shit
- Lisp == GC --> shit
- D == GC --> shit
- Haskell == GC --> shit
- 99% of the suggestions in this thread == GC --> shit

And OP, you just stick with C. If you want higher level features, you should use C++. It doesn't force GC. It's not shit.

GC is shit. I'm not joking.