(define eval-expr (lambda (expr env) (pmatch expr [`,x (guard (symbol? x)) (env x)] [`(lambda (,x) ,body) (lambda (arg) (eval-expr body (lambda (y) (if (eq? x y) arg (env y)))))] [`(,rator ,rand) ((eval-expr rator env) (eval-expr rand env))])))
https://github.com/webyrd/quines/blob/master/pmatch.scm
I have to agree, this like rank #1 in my book!
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-equat...