# Julia slower than Python for finding pangrams?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-slower-than-python-for-finding-pangrams/112481
**Category:** Performance
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**Created:** [April 3, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-slower-than-python-for-finding-pangrams/112481 "2024-04-03T18:50:12Z")
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Yeah, but this is ~100% startup/compilation time. It’s kinda like timing:

```julia
hyperfine --shell=none --warmup 30 "cc pangram.c && ./a.out wjjqevffkkgbcehhiqpvqutmwxawzvjnbvukmlzxyhkgfddzfjhcujnlkjbdfgghjhujkiuytghjioplkjhgfdsaqwertyujioplkjhgfdsaqwertzuioplkjhgfdsazxcvbnmlkjhgfdsaqwertyuioplkjhgfdsazxcvbnmlkjhgfdsaqwertyuioplkjhgfdsaqwertyuioplkjhgfdsazxcvbnmlkjhgfdsaqwertyuioplkjhgfdsaqwertyuioplkjhgfdsazxcvbnmlkjhgfdsaqwertyuioplkjhgfdsaqwertyuioplkjhgfdsazxcvbnmlkjhgfdsaqwertyuioplkjhgfdsaqwertyuioplkjhgfdsaqwertyuioplkjhgfdsaqwertyuioplkj"`

```

You might be saying “well don’t do that” — and that’s exactly what Julians will say about timing `julia pangram.jl` like that, too.

The good news is that we’re getting closer to having a real `juliac` that can output compiled stand-alone executables with significantly lower startup times like `cc` does.

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