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The article is pretty obviously original research, and wrong-headed research at that: The [[Sapir-Whorf]] hypothesis deals with the interpretation and intentionality of speech acts by entities (humans) who have a capacity for discretionary interpretation. This has nothing whatsoever to do with computer programming languages, since computers cannot be intentional, and their languages can't be subject to multiple interpretations or metaphors,and the ability of a programmer versed in one language to programme in another has nothing to do with Sapir Whorf at all. The article cites two references, one of which is a blog (ie non-notable) and the other makes no mention of Sapir whorf at all. [[User:ElectricRay|ElectricRay]] ([[User talk:ElectricRay|talk]]) 17:13, 24 June 2009 (UTC)
:I think your first argument misses the point. "Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute" (source: [[Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs|SICP]]). You state that "the ability of a programmer versed in one language to programme in another has nothing to do with Sapir Whorf at all" - Programmers' way of thinking about problems '''is''' formed by their programming languages, and you will find it difficult to explain the concept of [[Closure (computer science)|closures]] or [[Monad (functional programming)|monads]] to a pure C programmer (not to bash C programmers). --<b>[[User:V.R.S.|...- .-. ...]] / [[User talk:V.R.S.|-.. .. ... -.-]]</b> 19:17, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
*<small class="delsort-notice">'''Note''': This debate has been included in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting/Computing|list of Computing-related deletion discussions]]. <!--Template:Delsort--></small> <small>-- [[User:TexasAndroid|TexasAndroid]] ([[User talk:TexasAndroid|talk]]) 00:21, 25 June 2009 (UTC)</small>
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