Similarly to LOGO, POOL is intended for learning programming in the first place. POOL programming environment includes the code editor with background compilation and syntax highlighting as well as the well known turtle graphics window. Reach monitoring tools help understanding and debuging code.

For more demanding users POOL is the language that supports design of algorithms for parallel calculations and multi-agent systems. POOL combines object-orientated programming and parallelism. Active objects are crucial: turtle tasks are executed in their own variable and code spaces. The language syntax strongly supports description of object control and communication.

Convenient syntax, such as math, assignment, and indexing operators, have been introduced in POOL, as an alternative for the verbose syntax of primitives known from LOGO.

Programs in POOL are compiled. At the same time, typical features of LOGO have been preserved: easy dynamic coding and interactive command line.

POOL is object-oriented: there are real classes, multiple inheritance, and virtual functions. Variables are divided into public or protected ones.