> >I seem to recall that the author has declared that he took Smalltalk as
> >inspiration in creating BlueJ ;)
> 
> That's cool. Cool and sad. :-)

     He did.  He was looking for a way to teach objects to
     novices, and he considered but dismissed Smalltalk.
     The reasons were part linguistic, part cultural, and
     part practical.  (If you are interested I can find a
     pointer a paper he wrote explaining the search,
     given at SIGCSE.)

---- Eugene