# Can Julia really be used as a scripting language? (Performance)

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**Category:** Performance\
**Created:** [May 29, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-julia-really-be-used-as-a-scripting-language-performance/40384 "2020-05-29T01:06:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Per](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/per/32/10387_2.png) [@Per](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Per)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/can-julia-really-be-used-as-a-scripting-language-performance/40384/20 "2020-05-30T11:57:07Z")

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Maybe somebody could distribute a “batteries included” Julia binary that uses [PackageCompiler](https://github.com/JuliaLang/PackageCompiler.jl) to allow a number of the most popular packages to start up instantly.

(This would be aimed at people who simply want to run scripts that they get sent to them, and who are not bothered by not having the very latest versions of packages.)

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