Use the Object Model, Luke

If Bill Gates lived A Long Time Ago, In A Galaxy Far Far Away...

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 gotten 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."