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Is the use of "codes" in the article, versus "code" a sign that the author/editor is not "code" literate? Asking for a friend.

• marktangotango 3y ago
  It's an interesting idiom you see in hpc and scientific computing that can be jarring when first encountered. "Codes" can be read as program or library.
• petschge 3y ago
  No, that is more national lab slang.
  • lp251 3y ago
    hey, can you make some viewgraphs about the new dynamics codes?
    • petschge 3y ago
      yeah sure. I just need a cost center and program code to charge my time to...
• cozzyd 3y ago
  It's just a bit antiquated. Rest assured people were writing codes for decades before any consumers had computers