> It was an illusion. We didn't like it more because of the lack of typing. These languages were embraced because they weren't C or C++.

It's an illusion only you once had. Java (a language that is not C or C++) got mainstream way before Python.

Java on the other hand had the most verbose syntax known to man, especially those early versions of it. Nowadays it’s getting more tolerable.

I don't understand, the parent says that not being C/C++ was a strong point and you give an counter example of a successful language that is not C/C++