Has anyone ever invented actual good modern language yet?

yes it's called rust

The whole point of C++ is to graft Object Oriented Programming into C like some Frankenstein’s monster because OOP was the big hype.

C++ being performant is mostly a side effect of it being based on a language created when programs were still punched into paper cards.

It's kind of sad that so many big studios have abandoned their proprietary engines to adopt unreal engine 5. What's going to happen when Epic starts to turn the screws because they feel like they aren't making enough money? All these big studios won't have any staff left that knows how to build graphical engines. Honestly, at least it would make sense if they have up on their engines and started using Godot. At least they wouldn't be bound to Epic's bullshit.

The point of C++ isn't optimization, rather it is that one only pays for what one uses. Experience in C++ leads to using only the features of C++ that are appropriate and conscientiously eschewing the rest.

I love C++ as a god defying monument of backward compatibility. You can go through the versions like an archeologist looking through layers of rock to see what the trends of that time were. There's not only one way to do the thing you want, but several, too many ways, and no one can stop you from frankensteining pieces together that were never meant to be.

If C is meant to be a basic toolbox, C++ is your dad's disorganized tool cabinet he keeps in the garage. Overflowing with barely used, highly specific, and redundant tools.

The point of C++ is C, but with extra footguns.

By that logic, if your English language essay gets an F it's the English language's fault?

I got paid good money to write C++ for several years.

It is a shit language, and people love it for the same reason that they love being in a fraternity with hazing rituals.

Isn't that the role of Rust?

You'd be surprised how few game devs actually touch any code. It's not just artists or designers. Even the 'programmers' increasingly rely on visual tools instead of coding.

Anon is my C language programming college professor. He was also a linux evangelist, and got me to start daily driving/dualbooting linux.

Has anyone ever invented actual good modern language yet?

Yes, it's called Odin.