- Doesn't compile to native code (there are ways to do it, but too complicated and there are caveats). What do you mean by that? It absolutely is compiled to e

- Doesn't compile to native code (there are ways to do it, but too complicated and there are caveats). What do you mean by that? It absolutely is compiled to e.g. x86_64 instructions by default, going through LLVM. Do you mean no standalone binaries? If so, that's actively being worked on by e.g. PackageCompiler. https://github.com/JuliaLang/PackageCompiler.jl https://github.com/JuliaLang/PackageCompiler.jl