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I've seen that some programming communities focus on writing software, while others focus on talking about software. C and Haskell are two good examples of thi
by blub 7y ago
I've seen that some programming communities focus on writing software, while others focus on talking about software.
C and Haskell are two good examples of this dynamic, although C is used in so many different projects that "community" only loosely applies.
- isoprophlex 7y agoInteresting, maybe the Sapir Whorf hypothesis is much more relevant for programming languages than for natural languages; maybe the language shapes the things a human can comfortably express, and this shapes the communities https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity