How do you run a program on your computer?

Question

I know there is software to write codes/programs but how do you run them on a computer?

Answer 1

Ruby scripts are running with an interpreter. On a command line you ( just ) type:

ruby my_script.rb

... obviously if your are in the path of the file, and "ruby" is in the PATH environment variable also ^^

Answer 2

It depends on the language. Some run with an interpreter, some need to be compiled, and some can just be run on a browser.

Answer 3

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