# How do most people get around (not) compiling?

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**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [February 25, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-most-people-get-around-not-compiling/56016 "2021-02-25T14:10:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 25, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-most-people-get-around-not-compiling/56016/4 "2021-02-25T14:48:16Z")

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> [@Hidden code](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/hidden-code/16232/26):
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> Pretty much anything is possible with julia. The only reason anything becomes easy to do in any language is because some person put in a lot of hard work towards making that feature run well and also be accessible. In Julia, many things are easy to do because there is a devoted group of developers who spend their time making their dreams come true in their favorite programming language. The point is, they pick a problem they want to solve and create and abstract environment to facilitate the so…

> [@Commercial codes using Julia - code obfuscation?](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/commercial-codes-using-julia-code-obfuscation/12429):
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> Forking from the discussion on static compilation in Julia. One of the arguments for static compilation seems to be the commercial code and obfuscation argument. When shipping a commerical and paid for code the company does not want its work to be easily pirated. But that has changed with open source. I am familar with systems installation, systems management and installing both open source and commercial compiled codes. I worked for one company who had venture capital, and I was told they …

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