I agree comparing hello world code in Python and Java is a bit pointless. Hello worlds might be much shorter, but at scale, this becomes less relevant. Also, comparing to a language that hates change is unfair, if you compare it to C#, which is improving over time, you'll see the hello world also takes one line (but is 13 characters longer, so Python still wins!)
> if you compare it to C#, which is improving over time, you'll see the hello world also takes one line
Well yes it it does now, since C# 10 or, but in Python is have been a one liner since the beginning 30 years ago, and over the decades it has build a following. And even with recent efforts to cut down on boilerplate, C# still has more cryptic syntax than Python.
I'd argue C# is more maintainable in the long run due to the static typing, but there is no way it is as accessible to beginners.
