What OOP language doesn't suffer from this? Sure Java is infamous for it but C++, JS, PHP, Ruby, Python, etc. all suffer the same issue. The percentage might be

What OOP language doesn't suffer from this? Sure Java is infamous for it but C++, JS, PHP, Ruby, Python, etc. all suffer the same issue. The percentage might be a little less, but the amount of boilerplate is staggering in most modern OOP languages. When compared to something like Clojure, it's unbelievable. You can write entire apps in Clojure in the space that most other languages just deal with boilerplate.