You might try the keyword "expressiveness" and see how well that maps to what you are talking about. Definitely see Paul Graham's essay "Beating the Averages"

You might try the keyword "expressiveness" and see how well that maps to what you are talking about. Definitely see Paul Graham's essay "Beating the Averages" http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html People have tried to define and measure this and related ideas in different ways, and I'm not sold on any of them in particular. I can however suggest some languages that stand out in some of these explorations that you might consider. + Lisp dialects. In particular, take a look at Clojure, Shen, and Racket. + Smalltalk. Try Pharo. Check out some YouTube videos with Alan Kay. This is also worth a read https://medium.com/smalltalk-talk/lisp-smalltalk-and-the-power-of-symmetry-8bd96aaa0c0c https://medium.com/smalltalk-talk/lisp-smalltalk-and-the-pow... If you're interested in math and data science stuff, also check out Julia.