I would say the same effect applies to programming languages too. Learning languages with different "grammar" allows one to think about the same problem in dif

I would say the same effect applies to programming languages too. Learning languages with different "grammar" allows one to think about the same problem in different parallel ways. For example by being exposed to a functional language one is able to approach a particular task from a different angle even if doing OOP. The same way people were able to reason using distance or volume when estimating time in the article. The difficult part I suppose is figuring out which paradigm is most appropriate for the given situation.