What is the equivalent word for "compile" in an interpreted language?

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Published on 2012-06-01T14:33:15Z Indexed on 2012/06/01 16:50 UTC
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(I was encouraged to ask this question here.)

In C, we say:

GCC compiles foo.c.

For interpreters (such as Lua), what is the equivalent verb?

The Lua interpreter ____ foo.lua.

When I write instructions for users of my Lua script, I often say:

Run the interpreter on foo.lua.

I think this can be said more succinctly:

Interpret (or Translate) foo.lua.

but that sounds awkward for some reason (perhaps because I'm unsure of its correctness). I can't really say compile because users may confuse it with the usage of the Lua compiler when I actually mean the Lua interpreter.

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