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No, it doesn't. Salt is just for flavour. Pasta will be dancing in the boiling water, no time to stick together.
Salt actually does more than add flavor - it also makes the water boil at hotter temperatures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling-point_elevation