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Pedantic, I know, but: Source code. Not source codes. Seeing this made the author lose credibility on the subject.
by cek 15y ago
Pedantic, I know, but: Source code. Not source codes.
Seeing this made the author lose credibility on the subject.
- dons 15y ago"Codes" is common in some sub-disciplines (eg HPC). Still sounds weird to my ears though.
- ajax77 15y agoPedantry isn't so bad, if it's correct... As was stated, the term "source codes" is very common in many communities, particularly scientific computing and associated academic circles. The only credibility lost here is... well let's just move on here, shall we?
- jff 15y agoThe guys at Los Alamos were talking about "codes" (programs) before you touched a computer (and yes, I looked at your profile, I know you've been doing software for 25 years, but there's more to the world of software than mass-market applications)
- gaius 15y agoCodes is the normal word in Mech Eng, at least, and in other disciplines that were early adopters of computing.