> Say I want to add two numbers and ship it to prod. In Python, that’s one line and an scp.

This example ignores what is actually involved in production code. Yes there is a compile step involved in things like Java. In python you have to manage your dependencies on the deployment box.

In Java (minus the runtime), Go, Rust, etc they all support managing dependencies on the client side. In my experience the messiness of that in python and ruby far outstrips the complexities of a compile step in the makefile or CI pipeline.