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By default, Julia is run similarly to scripting languages, using its runtime, and allows for [[read–eval–print loop|interactions]],<ref name="PackageCompiler.jl" /> but Julia programs/[[source code]] can also optionally be sent to users in one ready-to-install/run file, which can be made quickly, not needing anything preinstalled.<ref name=AppBundler.jl /> Julia programs can also be (separately) compiled to [[binary executable]]s, even allowing no-source-code distribution, and the executables can get much smaller with Julia 1.12. Such compilation is not needed for speed, though it can decrease constant-factor startup cost, since Julia is also compiled when running interactively, but it can help with hiding source code. Features of the language can be separately compiled, so Julia can be used, for example, with its runtime or without it (which allows for smaller executables and libraries but is limited in capabilities).
 
Julia programs can reuse libraries from other languages by calling them, e.g. calling [[C (programming language)|C]] or [[Rust (programming language)|Rust]] libraries, and Julia (libraries) can also be called from other languages, e.g. [[Python (programming language)|Python]] and [[R (programming language)|R]], and several Julia packages have been made easily available from those languages, in the form of Python and R [[library (computing)|libraries]] for corresponding Julia packages. Calling in either direction has been implemented for many languages, not just those and [[C++]].
 
Julia's [[Visual Studio Code]] extension provides a fully-featured [[integrated development environment]] with "built-in dynamic autocompletion, inline results, plot pane, integrated REPL, variable view, code navigation, and many other advanced language features"<ref>{{Cite news |title=Julia in Visual Studio Code |url=https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/julia}}</ref> e.g. debugging is possible, [[lint (software)|linting]], and [[profiling (computer programming)|profiling]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Holy|first=Tim|title=GitHub - timholy/ProfileView.jl: Visualization of Julia profiling data.|website=[[GitHub]]|date=2019-09-13|url=https://github.com/timholy/ProfileView.jl|access-date=2019-09-22|archive-date=31 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131231452/https://github.com/timholy/ProfileView.jl|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Gregg|first=Brendan|title=GitHub - brendangregg/FlameGraph: Stack trace visualizer.|website=[[GitHub]]|date=2019-09-20|url=https://github.com/brendangregg/FlameGraph|access-date=2019-09-22|archive-date=26 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190926230048/https://github.com/brendangregg/FlameGraph|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://julialang.org/blog/2019/03/debuggers|title=A Julia interpreter and debugger|website=julialang.org|access-date=2019-04-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timholy.github.io/Rebugger.jl/dev/|title=Home · Rebugger.jl|website=timholy.github.io|access-date=2019-04-10|archive-date=31 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331171846/https://timholy.github.io/Rebugger.jl/dev/|url-status=live}}</ref>