Search for "build_executable.jl" for the current recommendation (it requires the Julia runtime and LLVM, so not stand-alone). It is unlikely that the runtime or LLVM requirements will go away in the near term.
On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:12 AM, Christof Stocker < [email protected]> wrote: > On 2015-09-02 13:51, Leff Ivanov wrote: > >> Is it possible or is it even planned to be able to create native >> standalone executables from Julia scripts? By standalone I mean that >> executable file can be used fully by the end user without the need to >> install Julia. By native I mean that Julia code is compiled ahead of time >> to fast native code. >> > > +1 for standalone executables. > > I really hope it is still being discussed by the developers. I did see a > mailing-list post a while back about that topic, so it definitively has > come up before. > > I do think Julia has the unique potential of being a prototype- as well as > production language (in the ML field). It would most certainly reduce my > need for Scala in industry projects. > > Then again, there are probably more pressing and interesting issues. I > have faith in the developers decisions. > > (btw Go is a decent example of how to make cross-compiling fun) >
