Julia does have an interpreter, but due to the multiple disptach semantics and the type system, it's a rather slow interpreter. There's some exciting work that

Julia does have an interpreter, but due to the multiple disptach semantics and the type system, it's a rather slow interpreter. There's some exciting work that was presented in Juliacon 2026 though on an upcoming tiered JIT and this should reduce latency a lot, as you suggest. It's kinda one of those mid-hanging fruits that has been known about for a long time, but not seriously tackled till now.