Not wrong, just different.

Posted Mar 24, 2004 23:01 UTC (Wed) by isavant (guest, #20225)
In reply to: More marketing confusion by clugstj
Parent article: Wal-Mart and Sun share Linux desktop lust (Register)

This usage of "codes" as plural for "program" is quite common with HPC and FORTRAN programmers. More than one code (machine instruction) can correctly be referred to as "codes", just as more than one program can be referred to as "programs".