I use C, C++ and Rust in my dayjob.

I don't like C++, but I disagree with your statement.

C++ has:

• a string type, which sidesteps error prone buffer juggling.
• smart pointers for scope based deallocation.
• generic data types. No more hand rolling list and mapping types with void *.

It's obviously still not a fully memory safe language, but it has some perks over C. I'd still much rather be using rust (most of the time).