# Julia 1.9.0-beta2 precompilation taking almost twice as long

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-9-0-beta2-precompilation-taking-almost-twice-as-long/92498>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question, precompilation\
**Created:** [January 4, 2023, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-9-0-beta2-precompilation-taking-almost-twice-as-long/92498 "2023-01-04T11:27:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![giordano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/giordano/32/2166_2.png) [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-1-9-0-beta2-precompilation-taking-almost-twice-as-long/92498/4 "2023-01-04T12:38:44Z")

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> [@ufechner7](#):
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> Can anybody explain the reason?

To put it simple, to make this possible: [Julia v1.9.0-beta2 is fast](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-v1-9-0-beta2-is-fast/92290). Julia now compiles and stores more code during precompilation (a one-off) to save time at runtime for each single session.

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