<i>Writing a new spreadsheet or word-processing program these days is a tedious process, like building a skyscraper out of toothpicks. Object-oriented programming will change that. (...) Because these objects will work with a wide range of interfaces and applications, they will also eliminate many of the compatibility problems that plague traditional software.</i><p>That object oriented programming thingy looks really cool! I've heard someone is writing a C with classes to do that. Once this is released, I'm confident bugs will be gone forever.