Choosing a language because it's easy to learn might be common and popular, but that is just about the least meaningful criteria for a programming language given the length of time you expect to use it.

Can you imagine if structural engineers rushed to post comments about how they decided to use wood for all their projects because it was simple to get up and running with, and they didn't want to have to deal with the all complexities of having to learn about metals like steel?

Java has GraalVM which compiles to native code if you care about startup time.