The author of Cyclone seems to suggest that Rust is the current path forward: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;trevorjim.com&#x2F;unfrozen-cyclone&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;trevorjim.com&#x2F;unfrozen-cyclone&#x2F;</a><p>&gt; Cyclone was an early attempt to create a programming language at the level of C, combining manual memory management with complete static memory safety. You can think of it as one step on the path that Rust and other languages have continued, one that I believe will eventually replace C, eliminating a host of severe security problems.