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Re:Programming languages are not languages (2018) by Vanit on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @12:00PM (#22867557)
I'd say the strong version of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis applies, but the subject is the computer, not the human.
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Re:Programming languages are not languages (2018) by Avi-D-coder on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @04:57PM (#22871345)
Any turning complete language can only uphold the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis at the level of types, kinds or higher.

By definition at the term level you can express any cognitive categories. The weak hypothesis applies, since languages encourage use of terms in cognitive categories amenable the type system.

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