As you know three sub-atomic particles (electrons, protons and neutrons) give us the 118 elements which construct <i>everything</i>.  All hardware can be founded on a single NAND gate.  I think he&#x27;s looking for that kind of fundamental core to software -- and it&#x27;s missing.<p>I am personally quite sure that software construction will one day be a form of mathematics with symmetry being found in everything from biology and neurology to physics.