This is exactly what came to mind when seeing the question. I was just recently (re-)reading an article that goes in depth: Lisp as the Maxwell’s equations of

This is exactly what came to mind when seeing the question. I was just recently (re-)reading an article that goes in depth: Lisp as the Maxwell’s equations of software http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/lisp-as-the-maxwells-equations-of-software/ http://www.michaelnielsen.org/ddi/lisp-as-the-maxwells-equat...