Lambda the Ultimate

Well, the author called it Design Patterns for Avionics Control Systems, but IMO the paper can be seen as a plan for a DSL.

The following quote captured my attention:

Thus, no single option is always best or even attainable. Moreover, each can pose problems. For example, pull protocols cannot deal with unexpected or prioritized events. Push protocols cannot always be buffered effectively, and require the existence or development of scheduling policies and algorithms. Shared memory requires the overhead of synchronization to avoid storage inconsistencies.

Sounds like a discussion of concurrency models, right? Not the same wording as in CTM, but still.

Evolving the Java Platform by Graham Hamilton:

Probably the most significant single feature in Mustang (J2SE 6.0) is the addition of a full-scale scripting engine, including a lightweight JavaScript implementation. We think the Java language is great, but we also think that scripting languages are a valuable adjunct to the core language.