For a smalltalk-like syntax experiment on top of Java look at

http://bistro.sourceforge.net/

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard A. O'Keefe [mailto:ok at atlas.otago.ac.nz]
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 7:12 PM
To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
Subject: Re: Porting Squeak

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Oddly enough, I'd been wondering vaguely about trying to use Smalltalk
syntax for Java.  Java is just so bulky it isn't funny, and I don't
think
it needs to be.