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As a corollary to this question.

I happen to be learning functional programming and really struggling with a different way of thinking, at the same time I saw the movie Arrival, with the alien language as main plot point.

It struck me that what programming language we pick, fall in love with, dig into, does seem to change our thinking and ways of approaching problems. It can actually change our brain.



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