On a different note, I once made a poster with
convoluted arrows going from "Fortran" to "C" to
"C++" (and we could add now "Java") and:

Isn't it time you chose a stable solution ?
Ada.

(Standardization and stability are certainly
places where Ada shines above all others).
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