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Interesting. I guess the question came from my waking thought this morning - thinking of how languages can strongly influence perception (ie, Australian Aborig
by l33tbro 13y ago
Interesting. I guess the question came from my waking thought this morning - thinking of how languages can strongly influence perception (ie, Australian Aborigines conception of time being drastically different to much of the rest of the world due to language structure). So I was wondering if that dove-tailed with programming languages. But I'm thinking maybe not, as you kind of know your outcome before you set out on coding something. Ie, coding isn't like spontaneous prose. You have a certain outcome in mind and the language is really a means to realize that.
- chewxy 13y agoMy personal hypothesis is Whorf Sapir happens with programming languages as well. A lisp developer is going to think about a problem in a very different way from a JS dev.