[$] Julia 1.12 brings progress on standalone binaries and more

Julia is a modern programminglanguage that is of particular interest to scientists due to its highperformance combined with language features such as Lisp-style macros, anadvanced type system, and multiple dispatch. We last looked at Julia in January on the occasion ofits 1.11release. Early in October Julia1.12appeared, bringing a handful of quality-of-life improvements for Juliaprogrammers, most notably support, though still experimental and limited,for the creation of binaries.