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Subprogram vs Coroutine - What's the difference?

subprogram | coroutine |

As nouns the difference between subprogram and coroutine

is that subprogram is a program contained within a larger program while coroutine is a piece of code that performs a task, and that can be passed new input and return output more than once.

subprogram

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computing) A program contained within a larger program

    • coroutine

    English

    Alternative forms

    * co-routine

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (programming) A piece of code that performs a task, and that can be passed new input and return output more than once.
    • Although a powerful tool, coroutines can be hard to understand due to the way data can flow back and forth between sections of the code.

    Hyponyms

    * subroutine (A coroutine that accepts input once and returns output once) * generator (A coroutine that accepts input once, but yields output multiple times)

    See also

    * ("coroutine" on Wikipedia)