The only difference between what is "code" and what is "work" is context: in this case, the work of interest is a property of some input code. If you want a fra

The only difference between what is "code" and what is "work" is context: in this case, the work of interest is a property of some input code. If you want a framing that matches your notions of input better, just imagine we're measuring the asymptotics of a VM/interpreter, and then the code truly is the input.