Having been a programmer before OO was invented (or at least available to all) I would have to say no. Was LISP a failure since generations of descendent langua

Having been a programmer before OO was invented (or at least available to all) I would have to say no. Was LISP a failure since generations of descendent languages have replaced it? Was Fortran a failure because I don't write iOS apps in it today? Of course not, all of these things are tools you can choose to use or not. Whether something is a failure is up to the programmer and how you wield them. If there was one single language/framework/concept/idea/tool that was perfect we'd all use it - there isn't so we pick something and make use of it.