The executable produced by that script still links against libjulia, libLLVM, etc. (possibly statically on some platforms, but they are still required).
On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Páll Haraldsson <[email protected]> wrote: > I didn't check. > > Is this from the Wikipedia page then wrong (to you not get on package with > the runtime and LLVM included?): > > In version 0.4,[24] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_(programming_language)#cite_note-24> a > standalone "executable <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executable> that > doesn't require any julia source code" can be built with > *build_executable.jl*[25] > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_(programming_language)#cite_note-25> > while > by default the Julia runtime needs to be pre-installed. > > On Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 2:36:42 PM UTC, Isaiah wrote: >> >> 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) >>> >> >>
