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[dotancohen]

Processes do not run on a port. Processes listen on a port.

[klysm → dotancohen]

Useless pedantry, people say server processes are “running on port XYZ” all the time

[dotancohen → klysm]

I have no problem with that. But the colloquial error-prone is out of place when we are discussing interactions that are more invasive, and have OS-level consequences.

[zepolen → dotancohen]

John walks to the stadium to watch the game.

John is not walking to the game.