Oh, that's fantastic to hear. Right now I'm living in Python because that's the galactic center, but I've also been anxious to find a low-cost escape hatch that doesn't just lead to C++.
You should definitely check out Julia then. There are a few parts of the language that use C/C++ libraries (blas and mpfr are the main ones), but 95% of the time, your stack will be Julia all the way down.