I'm sorry, but I'm not the one who brought up Python.
In any case, even compared to other systems languages, C++ is a mine field. It's sad that C++ and C are so entrenched that you've even equated systems and fast and unsafe, when unsafe really doesn't belong there.
Look at Ada. It performs just as well as C++ and is/was routinely used in low level embedded systems and safety critical systems. It's widely regarded as safe and doesn't have the problems C++ is so often associated with. It was first standardized in 1983 and C++ is just now getting around to adding some of the stuff Ada has had all along.
And then there are the newer, relatively unproven languages like Rust, Go, and D.
In any case, even compared to other systems languages, C++ is a mine field. It's sad that C++ and C are so entrenched that you've even equated systems and fast and unsafe, when unsafe really doesn't belong there.
Look at Ada. It performs just as well as C++ and is/was routinely used in low level embedded systems and safety critical systems. It's widely regarded as safe and doesn't have the problems C++ is so often associated with. It was first standardized in 1983 and C++ is just now getting around to adding some of the stuff Ada has had all along.
And then there are the newer, relatively unproven languages like Rust, Go, and D.