Humour, OOP, and a clever example of technical writing

[Kim Roper <kim -dot- roper -at- vitana -dot- com>]

It's Friday.

I received this link from a programmer friend.  Basically, the site
describes Java and object-oriented programming by comparing it to writing a
trashy western novel.  

http://sepwww.stanford.edu/sep/josman/oop/oop1.htm

It's a nice bit of technical writing on at least two counts:  

1) instructional writing using analogy, and 
2) conditional writing for different audiences (one of the subtitles is "How
to understand Java by looking at pretty colors"). 

Oh, and a few of us Techwhirlers might even appreciate the technical content
:>  (Eric, I think this one is a keeper.)


Cheers ... Kim

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