When's the last time you've tried it? Load times are way better. New improvements for code caching have been merged in 1.8, and native code caching is coming in

When's the last time you've tried it? Load times are way better. New improvements for code caching have been merged in 1.8, and native code caching is coming in 1.9. It's a complex problem due to Julia's aggressive specialization and composability, so you can't just expect Julia to do it like other compiled languages. Check out this recent writeup from a core dev: https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompile-why/78770/8 https://discourse.julialang.org/t/precompile-why/78770/8