Python was designed with readability as a goal. That was the reason for significant white space rather than {}. On some European keyboards the braces had to be typed as triples. I don't find Java particularly readable even though I code in it every day.

   a.equals(b)  vs  a == b

The antithesis of readability is APL, which is nothing but line noise. When it came out, you had to get a special printhead just to type it. You could make some unbelievable one-liners though.