What are OOP's Jargons and Complexities

[bugbear]

Xah Lee wrote:

> So, a simple code like this in normal languages:
> 
> a = "a string";
> b = "another one";
> c = join(a,b);
> print c;
> 
> or in lisp style
> 
> (set a "a string")
> (set b "another one")
> (set c (join a b))
> (print c)
> 
> becomes in Java:
> 
> public class test {
>   public static void main(String[] args) {
>     String a = new String("a string");
>     String b = new String("another one");
>     StringBuffer c = new StringBuffer(40);
>     c.append(a); c.append(b);
>     System.out.println(c.toString());
>     }
> }

Er. How about

public class test {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
     String a = "a string";
     String b = "another one";
     StringBuffer c = a + b;
     System.out.println(c);
     }
}

Alternatively I could recode your Lisp example
as badly as you coded your Java.

   BugBear