[thomasmg]

There are surprisingly many languages that support transpiling to C: Python (via Cython), Go (via TinyGo), Lua (via eLua), Nim, Zig, Vlang. The main advantage (in my view) is to support embedded systems, which might not match your use case.

[pjmlp]

Eiffel, that is how it always worked, a VM based workflow for development (Melt VM), compilation via C or C++ for release builds.