Kishotenketsu Programming?

mike_stay asks: "Imperative Programming follows closely the 'outline' style of writing most of us were taught in elementary school. Japanese, however, have a very hard time with that writing style, as they've been trained in the concept of kishotenketsu: stories are usually told by bouncing around between various points of view, which necessarily give different accounts; no attempt is made to say what 'really' happened. 'Good writing style' expects readers to draw the conclusions; writing that is too explicit is not valued. The writing, therefore, tends to be inductive: specific examples precede general principles. The closest thing I can think of to kishotenketsu in programming is functional programming or declarative languages, but then, I'm American. Would other readers point me at other languages with this type of 'eastern' feel?"

Comments

Re:The brain thinks only what the tounge can say

[Hast]

It's lame to reply to oneself but I found a reference discrediting Sapir-Whorf: Steven Pinker.

Re:The brain thinks only what the tounge can say

[Cuthalion]

The "strong form" of the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, that language restricts thought, is not taken very seriously by linguists anymore. The "weak form", that language influences thought is pretty widely accepted.