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If the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is true, then they should if they don't already. If the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is true for programming languages, then our agonizi
by natrius 17y ago
If the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is true, then they should if they don't already. If the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is true for programming languages, then our agonizing is perfectly reasonable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapir–Whorf_hypothesis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapir–Whorf_hypothesis
- whacked_new 17y agoI often get jumped on for my views, but S-W is true, and untrue. Untrue in that absence of a direct expression implies absence of concept; true in that absence of a direct expression impedes such an expression, such that it is less likely to get used, and hence, less efficient, and less likely to be conceived. And I certainly agree that S-W applies for human and computer languages alike.