Yes, In that timeframe, static compilation will be a real feature of Julia. We've heard from a lot of people that static compilation is necessary for them to deploy Julia programs, so this is clearly an important feature.
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 3:56 AM, Gerry Weaver <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Stefan, > > That's Great news! I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question. > The project is in the area of stock price pattern analysis. My current > estimate is approx. 6 months to system test and a couple of months for > simulation runs. That would mean around a year give or take. It sounds like > the static compilation feature may be ready by then. Once static > compilation is available, Julia will very likely become my go to language > for most projects. You guys rock! > > > > Thanks, > -G > > > On Friday, July 25, 2014 12:19:29 PM UTC-5, Stefan Karpinski wrote: >> >> Thanks for all the kind words – it's nice to hear such positive feedback. >> There has actually been a fair amount of work on static compilation >> recently – see this branch >> <https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/commits/jb/staticcompile> for Jeff's >> current progress. That said, this is still undocumented, experimental and >> not quite complete. But there's significant chance that it will get done in >> the near future. Unfortunately, it's hard to say exactly when, so that may >> not help – what's the timeframe for your project? >> >> >>
