> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Object Oriented Jedi
> 
> 
> Luke: "You used to program."
> 
> Ben: "I was once a software engineer the same as your father."
> 
> Luke: "My father wasn't a software engineer. He was a custodian at 
> Lockheed-Martin."
> 
> Ben: "That's what your Uncle told you. He didn't hold with your
> father's ideals. He thought he should go to work, not get a degree."
> 
> Luke: "I wish I had known him."
> 
> Ben: "He was a cunning object-oriented analyst and the best systems 
> programmer in the galaxy. I understand you've become quite a good
> hacker yourself. And he was a good friend. For over ten years the systems 
> programmers created user interfaces. Before the dark times. Before 
> Microsoft."
> 
> Luke: "How did my father die?"
> 
> Ben: "A young systems programmer named Bill Gates, who was a student 
> until his mommy kicked him out of her basement, founded Microsoft and 
> helped destroy the intuitive user interface. He betrayed and murdered 
> the Macintosh. Gates was seduced by the Dark Side of Money."
> 
> Luke: "Money?"
> 
> Ben: "Yes, Money is what gives a programmer his resources. It's an 
> exchange system created by human beings. It surrounds us. Works for us. 
> Binds the economy together. Which reminds me. Your father wanted you
> to have this when you were old enough, but your Uncle wouldn't allow it.
> He thought you'd follow old Obi-Wan on some damn fool idealistic
> crusade."
> 
> Luke: "What is it?"
> 
> Ben: "It's an object modeling tool. The weapon of a systems programmer. 
> Not as random or clumsy as a lexical parser. An elegant compiler for a
> more civilized age."
>