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That article appears to be written by a non-native English speaker. I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to a software package as "a code."
by mikebenfield 4y ago
That article appears to be written by a non-native English speaker. I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to a software package as "a code."
- inejge 4y agoI don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to a software package as "a code." Then you probably haven't been around physicists, or read enough physics-related material. A non-scholarly reference which can't be easily checked online is George Dyson's "Project Orion," where Freeman Dyson (author's father) is quoted as mentioning this or that "code" as significant for the design of various Orion parts. (That should be a native enough English speaker.) The time-frame is late 1950s to early 1960s.
- mikebenfield 4y agoActually I have been around physicists. In my experience they use “codes” for any amount of code. If A wrote some software, B might say “I’d like to use your codes.” That reference you give doesn’t appear to be available online but I’ll take your word for it.