If you ignore the trend and stick to a single version of any language you've mentioned the churn would have been minimized. Therefore it is not a (core) language problem but a social or ecosystem problem. Not to say that it is not a problem, but it would be probably nothing to do with anything you've claimed in the OP.
You almost never want to get stuck on an old unsupported language version. Language is defined by culture, ecosystem and their application of intention.
