C++ isn't that bad if you already know it. I agree. I enjoy programming in C++ myself. For anyone just starting out, it's pretty horrifying, which is why there aren't a lot of experienced C++ programmers around. Its worst trait is that it encourages excessive cleverness, and left unchecked that can very quickly make any code impossible to understand.

Also Portuguese universities seem to be out of sync with the rest of the world if they teach C++. In the US most people with a CS degree haven't been exposed to C++. It's either Java or something functional. C++ typically doesn't even come up. Which is pretty puzzling to me, because most of the programs I use daily (including this very browser) are C++ programs.

Portuguese universities aren't the only ones, I am pretty sure many of the other European ones do the same.

Also, I actually learned C++ during high school, back when C++ARM was the only "standard", and most C compilers still did a mix of K&R and C89.

Nowadays many high schools do stuff with Raspeberry PI and Arduinos (Processing is just C++).

And you have books like these available https://www.amazon.de/f%C3%BCr-Kids-Grundlagen-Spieleprogram...