Something being usable doesn't imply boilerplate being present or not. In fact I think most if not all languages have boilerplate. They might mitigate it with some macros, but the boilerplate is there.
Usability just means ease of use and learnability. In context of computers languages, I think having a smaller set of idioms/stuff to learn is more vital to usability than to have less stuff to type.
Usability just means ease of use and learnability. In context of computers languages, I think having a smaller set of idioms/stuff to learn is more vital to usability than to have less stuff to type.