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The book covered that in quite some detail, but I can't remember the specifics. Certainly, there are links between colour perception and language.

As I recall (I could be wrong), the author's conclusion is that the ability of someone to think something or understand a concept isn't limited by language.

The author of this paper seems to suggest that the means by which we express computer programs have some link to human behaviour (causation in either/both directions).

Human behvaiour does, of course, have a massive influence of language. And I think a lot of the natural-language-redefinition and re-framing of concepts by interest groups to achieve their aims have certainly had an effect on society.

But I don't think Sapir Whorf is pertinent here. Unless people are learning about the world by reading computer programs.

Also, we've had half a century to express programs in all kinds of forms (LISP vs Java vs Prolog spring to mind). I'm not dismissing the potential effect that the gender imbalance has had, or the possibility of future achievements in computer science. I suppose I'll wait and see, firstly if this is a serious and credible paper, and secondly if anything comes out of it. But I don't think it will.

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