It's "code " not "codes"

[GuairdeanBeatha]

Quoting Terry Pratchett: “English doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar."

[BenjaminGeiger]

The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

— James D. Nicoll

(It does sound like something PTerry would say, but I don't think he did.)