# Stand alone binary executable

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stand-alone-binary-executable/5026>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [July 23, 2017, 2:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stand-alone-binary-executable/5026 "2017-07-23T02:03:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 23, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stand-alone-binary-executable/5026/2 "2017-07-23T02:04:11Z")

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> [@Julia static compilation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/julia-static-compilation/296):
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> Hi! I’m loving Julia and I have built optimization algorithms with it that are blazingly fast (runtime and development!) and I don’t see any reason to port them into C/C++ or similar for speed-up reasons. What I would need in the future is the static compilation of Julia programs. I read somewhere that it is in the works at some capacity but I haven’t seen any estimates when it would be ready for use somewhat easily without much of a hassle? Sorry if this has been asked many times before… Edi…

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