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Code 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
by Natsu 12y ago
Code 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"