That mirrors some of my experience of Java vs a repl heavy Python habit, BUT — this misses the experience of diving into and reading unfamiliar or new codebases

That mirrors some of my experience of Java vs a repl heavy Python habit, BUT — this misses the experience of diving into and reading unfamiliar or new codebases. For me, this is where the chunky type system and regularity of even the worst maintained Java codebases really shines.