Wednesday, February 15, 2017

word choice - While talking about a program, use `run` or `execute`?


run and execute have similar meaning when talking about a program, like we can say



run this program



or



execute your program




, but I'm not sure if they are the same.



Answer



They are the same.


One difference is, it's (in my experience) much less common to see execute used intransitively than it is to see run used intransitively.


So



The program is running



is fairly common, but




(*) The program is executing



is fairly rare (and would probably come across as simply wrong to some people).


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