I saw your CoverWeb about MOOs. Whats a “Coverweb”? Whats a “MOO”?
MOO stands for “MUD, Object-Oriented,” and a MUD is a “Multi-User Domain.” Perhaps the simplest way to explain a MOO is to imagine all the hype of virtual reality and make it text-based. That is, users can have text-based conversations within textually described rooms, and they can build and program objects for others to interact with… all via keyboard rather than the goofy-looking goggles and wired-up gloves. Some people liken MOOs to fancy “online chat rooms,” but they can offer so much more. -Greg SieringAlthough the acronym MOO stands for MultiUserDungeon, Object-Oriented, the simplest non-technical way to describe a MOO is this: a virtual reality, a place where users from distant locations all log into the same server and share the same screen to communicate. In a MOO, the virtual reality does not usually involve 3-D graphics, though, because most MOOs are text-based, making them the perfect environments for writing classes, where the importance of *words* becomes paramount.
