Yes, there are many alternatives. None of which offer the same advantages as C++. If one can swallow the costs, by all means, be my guest and use whatever lang

Yes, there are many alternatives. None of which offer the same advantages as C++. If one can swallow the costs, by all means, be my guest and use whatever language you want, no one will care much, unless you end up using 13% CPU rendering a blinking cursor. But that's not what you and others are arguing here... instead you're arguing that there are no reasons to use C++ and one should use other languages instead. Which is pure nonsense.