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The idea that magic is a branch of maths (mixed with heavy doses of Lovecraftian horror and dour cold-war spy thrillers) is the basis for the splendid Laundry series of novels from Charlie Stross:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/TheLaundryS...

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I really liked the magic system of the Eragon trilogy, which was based on being able to say a phrase in some ancient language that didn't allow for lying. Ok, so that is more natural language, but if you take programming as more speaking in an artificial language than doing math (as I do), then its a more apt analogy.

I forget the name of the language that the Laundry uses to program its zombies^M^M^M^M^M^M^M "Residual Human Resources".

Enochian?

Also, I recall there being a reference to an Enochian Metagrammar at one point or another...

Thanks, that's the one:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enochian

Thanks for the suggestion, will have to look into it!

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