Re: [mmox] MMOX: Strawman scope/goals/approach

i don't think we get to mandate what code people implement the  
protocol in, but i would certainly add lisp, smalltalk and occam to  
the list.

seriously thought... remember... we're talking about a wire-protocol,  
not a library that implements the protocol.

On Feb 26, 2009, at 2:31 PM, Jon Watte wrote:

> Gareth Nelson wrote:
>> any code should be produced in. My vote is for python and C.
>>
>
> Let me vote for Lua and C++, and then the OpenSim people can vote  
> for C# and Java and we have all the bases covered :-)
>
>
>> games are relevant (after all, MMORPGs for example are just huge
>> virtual worlds with game rules thrown in), I fail to see how  
>> networked
>>
>
> I think that's a common mis-conception. Most (almost all) MMOGs do  
> not have much in the way of persistency, other than character  
> possessions and stats. They also have a very static world, that  
> generally does not allow users to move things around or place new  
> things into the world. Finally, they do not support any form of UGC,  
> which I think is more or less a requirement for a "real" virtual  
> world. Lacking all three means that the technical job of  
> implementing and running the MMORPG is much easier, but it also puts  
> them on a lower rung of the expressiveness. A VW could express a  
> MMORPG (with significant overhead compared to the MMORPG itself),  
> but a MMORPG couldn't express a VW.
>
>> Practically everything people do online is "multiuser", and lots of
>> things are "massively multiuser" - look at any big site such as
>> wikipedia for example.
>>
>>
>
> "What is virtual worlds" has been a general question for a long  
> time, but I believe the "rough consensus" answer is that it's at  
> least:
>
> Interactive
> Persistent
> Identity Based
> Collaborative
> Supports UGC
> (controversial) Based on a 3D Simulation
>
> But, if we believe that we all need to agree on exactly what a  
> virtual world is before we can make progress, experience shows we  
> won't be able to make progress at all.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> jw
>
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