# Compile R code directly to Julia native code

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compile-r-code-directly-to-julia-native-code/41073>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [June 9, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compile-r-code-directly-to-julia-native-code/41073 "2020-06-09T14:42:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ravinder\_Ram](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ravinder_ram/32/14617_2.png) [@Ravinder\_Ram](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Ravinder_Ram)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compile-r-code-directly-to-julia-native-code/41073/1 "2020-06-09T14:42:37Z")

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can i directly convert R code into julia intermediate/ native code?

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**Author:** ![johnmyleswhite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnmyleswhite/32/31_2.png) [@johnmyleswhite](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnmyleswhite)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compile-r-code-directly-to-julia-native-code/41073/2 "2020-06-09T14:45:26Z")

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No. Isn’t that just the same as building an R compiler?

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**Author:** ![mbauman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mbauman/32/31082_2.png) [@mbauman](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mbauman)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/compile-r-code-directly-to-julia-native-code/41073/3 "2020-06-09T14:59:46Z")

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Welcome! This is a commonly asked question:

[https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/faq/#Why-don’t-you-compile-Matlab/Python/R/…-code-to-Julia?-1](https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1/manual/faq/#Why-don't-you-compile-Matlab/Python/R/%E2%80%A6-code-to-Julia?-1)