I used to have a problem with this too, hating the 'verbal smokescreen'
as you put it, but it's crucial to be in sync with specialist language
and concepts in order to cut through misunderstanding between peers. I
don't think it's about making ourselves more important, but making sure
you're able to communicate complex ideas quickly.
I'm a Fine art graduate, and there's no environment worse than that for
absurdly long winded conceptual bullshit - at least OOP concepts
actually lock people's understandings together!
J
Mike Mountain wrote:
I find the hardest thing to get my head around is the absurd amount of
Jargon involved in OOP - for what are essentially simple concepts. I
really wish we wouldn't perpetuate the practice of trying to make
ourselves important by using such a verbal smokescreen. Once you get
past the copious amounts of conceptual diarrohea the actual fundamentals
are fairly easy to understand. I know it's easier to define concepts
using singular terms, but it would seem that OOP tends to go overboard
with this a hell of a lot. OOP dictionary anyone? This is componounded
by other concepts being explained within the bounds of this "jargon" -
One question inevitably leads to many more.
M
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