There are some promising system programming languages other than C/C++, and they have been around for a while. I have tried some of them and finally decided to give Odin language sometimes. My approach to a language is simple, I see some examples and then tried make them myself. Here are the top three of I like about the language:
Procedural (this is the most important to not overcomplicated program) Syntax is really close to Go (simple and easy to read).