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> You need to learn to think in the language you are learning The article uses code to illustrate how this might be different thinking in Japanese with a URL r
by mattbrewsbytes 4y ago
> You need to learn to think in the language you are learning
The article uses code to illustrate how this might be different thinking in Japanese with a URL request:
> request.setURL("serverurl").send()"
I think there is formality/ceremony here like "I have a request, it is for this URL, and I want to send" vs. the other style in the article: send().request.setURL("serverurl") is more forceful as in "I'm sending you a request for this URL" there is no politeness of the exchange.
I almost had a business trip to Japan some years back and people were discussing the formal and polite ceremonial business card exchange process with certain sequences of presenting, bowing, etc. I think learning about the cultural norms might be a key here with learning the language and the reasons why things are structured differently.