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On Nov 23, 2013, at 1:42 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Steven D'Aprano
> <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
>> I'm not an expert on Indian English, but I understand that in that
>> dialect it is grammatically correct to say "the codes", just as in UK =
and
>> US English it is grammatically correct to say "the programs".
>=20
> I wouldn't necessarily even consider it an Indian thing, as I've known
> Americans to use the same phrase.
>=20

Yes - when I arrived at a Department of Energy national laboratory in =
the late 1960s, code, to code, and coding were pretty much the accepted =
verb forms.  To the best of my knowledge, the word program didn't start =
to creep in until later.  I'm guessing, but I'd assume it started to =
arrive with the first computer science graduates.

-Bill=