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Well, you kind of have your answer right there: it’s a language designed by committee, not by “the industry”.

This has been my biggest problem, and I say this as someone who has been on and off developing C++ for over 2 decades.

At the same time, it’s a safe bet to say that C++ will still be around in another 2 decades.

Don't forget that same applies to C.

And COBOL.

Yeah, however at least COBOL wasn't designed without bounds checking, or pointer based strings, in 1959 hardware.

In 1959 people still made mistakes. By the time C came around, human error was all but eliminated. /s