The tradeoff between compilation time and programmer productivity and running speed is worth it compared with using any other language. You should consider most

The tradeoff between compilation time and programmer productivity and running speed is worth it compared with using any other language. You should consider most users don' t need to build an image . They just do things in the REPL with Revise.jl (which is fast). Or use a bit of PrecompileTools.jl to get good enough startup time (which isn' t complicated if you are the code writer). Package compiling works even large and slow is a bonus. https://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html https://pypl.github.io/PYPL.html Julia still grows despite all those controversial articles for a reason.