RE: Interactive MOO

• Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 06:27:00 PDT
• From:
  "Adams, Charles" <cadams@msgate.litc.lockheed.com>
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>>>>>
Okay, two quick questions:

        Since it's possible to selectively put a MOO on the web, is it
possible, through MOOcode and HTML forms, to allow the user to interact
with/in the MOO?
<<<<<

Yes, several MOOs have done this.  But HTTP isn't an interactive sort of 
protocol, so there's little point in using it for live realtime interaction. 
 Maybe when VRML evolves a little more.

>>>>>
        Since MOOs can be "Internet aware", is it possible to have them,
say, run and get information from a program at a remote site? ie- a MOO at
here.com runs a program from there.com.
<<<<<

If that program listens on a network port, sure.  $gopher (which comes with 
Lambdacore) is ideal for making network transactions, as long as your 
request fits on one line -- it shouldn't be too hard to modify it to send 
multiple lines (consider this a test question, try to figure out how to do 
it yourself).  $gopher's not just for gopher.

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