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Codes? The plural for 'code' is 'code' not 'codes'! I can't believe Reuters is talking like a warez kid.

• gjm11 17y ago
  I've quite frequently seen "codes" meaning "bits of code" in the context of numerical analysis. I think Reuters is talking like an academic scientist rather than like a warez kid. (It makes me cringe too, though.)
• cvg 17y ago
  Isn't this the British English version of code? I think I've seen it elsewhere in British press.
  • aka- 17y ago
    I'm British and codes would be used for cryptographic codes or voucher codes, but not in programming. Files full of C++ are code, not codes.
• gaius 17y ago
  Codes is the normal term in serious numerical computing. Fluid dynamics, finite element, etc people say this all the time.