In September, 2004, I posted a query to the Types list asking people to name the five most important papers ever written in the area of programming languages. This page collects the responses I received. (A few are missing because I am still tracking down bibliographic information.)

Converge is a dynamically typed object orientated programming language with compile-time meta-programming facilities - put simply, Converge has a macro-like facility that can embed domain specific languages with arbitrary syntaxes into source files.

Circa is a language designed for live coding. We’ve built the language from scratch to be a fun, productive language that allows the coder to see the effects of their code in realtime. The runtime takes inspiration from Lisp and Smalltalk, where code is mutable data and the interpreter is heavily introspectable. The syntax is similar to Python and Ruby, but under the familiar syntax is a language with static typing, tamed side effects, and a few interesting tricks. We hope that Circa will be a language of choice for the creative coder.

pdf slideshow presentation of google code speech given in california -- very good for all things related to go, especially oauth, rasters, servers, etc.