Maybe you would like the BetterC mode in the D programming language... if you mean you like C for it's syntax too. A lot of modern systems prog. languages seem to adopt a more modern syntax, i.e. types after the names rather than before, no semi-colons, etc.

D stays true to C in this regard and offers a lot of fancy features. And the BetterC mode sounds suited to your requirements in that the language features doesn't over complicate things.