Yes! The easier it is to get started with a language, the easier it is to learn and teach. Rather than focusing on (fighting) tools, you can focus on developing understanding of the core concepts of (Java) programming with a suitable learning trajectory. That's huge. And a boon to keep a language and community relevant. Once schools and teachers move on to other languages for teaching, you have to fight to win programmers over to use your language.

As for the added complexity to the compile or run-time system, that seems mostly an issue for language implementers, not users. It certainly won't be an issue for beginning programmers, so for them and their teachers, there's no tradeoff to pay for.