I disagree with this. It's possible to write concise code in Java, although probably not as concise as in Python, since everything still needs to be a class (yo

I disagree with this. It's possible to write concise code in Java, although probably not as concise as in Python, since everything still needs to be a class (you can emulate modules with functions-only with all public static methods, but it seems like a bad idea). It's the OO and design pattern culture that results in much of the Java code you describe as over-engineered. But you can write bad code in any language.