tldr; there is. Also, Gavin wood the writer of the Solidity programming language left etheruem and founded polkadot, writting substrate and ink in the process.

tldr; there is. Also, Gavin wood the writer of the Solidity programming language left etheruem and founded polkadot, writting substrate and ink in the process. Solidity is just a programming language to call functions and code on the blockchain. You can theoretically write it in any language but need to compile down to EVM at some point. Solidity wasn't writting from the ground up to be safe and secure. There are a number of projects like vyper, which is a pythonesque language that compiles to the EVM. It's more centered around safety.