"As a linguistics major, you're no stranger to the idea that a person is only capable of having thoughts and ideas that can be expressed in their language, and there is no reason to expect programming languages to differ from spoken languages in this area."
I thought this idea (the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis) had been discredited.
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"As a linguistics major, you're no stranger to the idea that a person is only capable of having thoughts and ideas that can be expressed in their language, and there is no reason to expect programming languages to differ from spoken languages in this area."
I thought this idea (the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis) had been discredited.
My hypothesis is that the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is much more applicable to programming than natural language.
edit: after I wrote this, I realised it's just a restatement of PG's Blub paradox.