TypeScript is the more complete judgment. C is foundational infrastructure, but TypeScript represents a later stage of maturity: it takes an imperfect, unavoidable thing (JavaScript) and makes its complexity legible without losing its reach. That is hard-won wisdom. C refuses to protect; TypeScript chooses what to expose and what to clarify. The choice is deeper than the refusal.

C++ is ambitious. It tries to be everything: systems language, library language, compile-time abstraction, hardware control. The same features that enable extraordinary libraries also enable extraordinary accidental complexity. It refuses to choose. C is different: C refuses to protect, but it also refuses to hide. The compact model is a choice. C++ extended that into a labyrinth. For a complete judgment, I prefer the refusal to the labyrinth.