It would make sense for a highly succesful but stable java project to be replaced like that, but since I'm in the java world, it's usually replaced with another java project.
I could provide examples myself, but I'm not convinced it's about java vs c++ or go: hadoop, cassandra, zookeeper
As an outsider, Java looks like a language that can be very fast but it seems like certain idiomatic practices or patterns lead to over-engineered and thus sometimes also slow projects. The Factory<Factory<x>> joke comes to mind.
I could provide examples myself, but I'm not convinced it's about java vs c++ or go: hadoop, cassandra, zookeeper