What steps should the Julia community take to bring Julia to the next level of popularity?

[Palli]

@Per

I think a lot of novice users run their Julia code by typing julia my_script.jl from the shell, since that’s how almost every other scripting language works.

That may be sub-optimal (now), but we also want it to work fast. Is there anything wrong with my suggestion:

@Palli

What I propose is that every .jl file you run compiles to .ji binary file, and if you run a .jl file then the cached code in .ji file is used if the timestamp is newer.