That was also the impression I got on this issue; however nowadays I'm usually less frustrated with what the respective languages provide and more with what peo

That was also the impression I got on this issue; however nowadays I'm usually less frustrated with what the respective languages provide and more with what people use them for. C++ since 11, C# since ~5 and Java 9 for example have actually introduced very useful tools¹ that would allow people to write much more readable code - yet there's always someone who insists that anything beyond the C++98-style is somehow evil and inherently unreliable. ¹Yes, they're by no means perfect, but they introduce are a lot of low-hanging fruit when it comes to improving code quality - if one decides to use them...