What does Oop stand for in Mobius?

[Brian T. Rice]

Paul Dufresne wrote:
> Surely Oop does not stands for Object-oriented programming in Mobius.
> 
> I was guessing for Optional object parameter.
> 
> But what is the truth?

It's a borrowed short-term from Smalltalk-80: "Object pointer". 
Basically a tagged pointer or immediate literal.
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