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Actually, the use of "code" as a count noun is quite old and well entrenched in the numerical modelling community. I can recall back in the early 1970s hearing
by ScottBurson 12y ago
Actually, the use of "code" as a count noun is quite old and well entrenched in the numerical modelling community. I can recall back in the early 1970s hearing Fortran programs routinely referred to as "codes".
- Natsu 12y agoCode is a weird one because there are times when it's correct (e.g. "encryption codes"). But when it's used to mean "software" it should never be "codes", IMHO, though I guess there's a minority in disagreement.
- ScottBurson 12y agoI understand why you would think so, as I haven't heard the usage anywhere else in the software world that I've been, but it is a standard usage in that community; it's not hard to find examples [0] [1] [2] [3]. [0] http://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/f_src/f_src.html http://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/f_src/f_src.html [1] http://www.unige.ch/~hairer/software.html http://www.unige.ch/~hairer/software.html [2] http://www.mcs.anl.gov/project/openadf-automatic-differentiation-fortran-codes http://www.mcs.anl.gov/project/openadf-automatic-differentia... [3] http://math.berkeley.edu/~strain/Codes/ http://math.berkeley.edu/~strain/Codes/
- Natsu 12y agoI most often hear it from programmers who are not native speakers of English, so it always sounds wrong to me.
- walshemj 12y agoYep "codes" just makes you sound amateur and third rate.
- evacchi 12y agosame for "data"
- walshemj 12y agoSeeing as I started as a Fortran programmer in the 70's I have never heard this usage. Oh and this was on campus at CIT for a world leading RnD organisation in their math modelling section.