Really really easy question about sleeping MBP

I have a macbook pro and i am running a program that cannot save for whatever reason, and i want to know if i can close the screen (putting the computer to sleep, i havent changed any defaults), will my program QUIT causing me to loose all of my work, or will it remain "open" and open with my work the next time i open my screen
thanks
ben

Your program may quit for other reasons which you have no control over.
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