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Re:Aheui: Esoteric programming language designed for Hangul by semi-extrinsic on Sunday March 05, 2017 @11:38AM (#13796767)
> The social aspects of language influence are much more interesting.

Sure, but it's pretty much impossible to make a falsifiable hypothesis in this area that can actually be (ethically) tested. Like, how do you separate the effect of having Japanese as your primary language from the effect of growing up in a Japanese culture (whether actually in Japan or not)?

> [CS concepts] are math, they don't change culturally

Agree.

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Re:Aheui: Esoteric programming language designed for Hangul by coldtea on Sunday March 05, 2017 @11:46AM (#13796822)
>Like, how do you separate the effect of having Japanese as your primary language from the effect of growing up in a Japanese culture (whether actually in Japan or not)?

I guess by using people from bilingual societies, who speak one or the other language within the same culture.

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