Yes, that's what I meant, and it does a bad job at it (the examples I gave). Java/C#/Kotlin/etc. are strictly superior when it comes to managing large code base

Yes, that's what I meant, and it does a bad job at it (the examples I gave). Java/C#/Kotlin/etc. are strictly superior when it comes to managing large code bases. I think what they had in mind is just quick compilation times, even at the expense of convenience, safety, terseness, etc.