Julia -- "ERROR: could not open file boot.jl"

[emsal0]

I get the following output when trying to compile with julia 0.5.0:

$ julia --compile=all --output-bc=hello.bc hello.jl
ERROR: could not open file boot.jl

[ChristianMurphy]

Hey @emsal1863 👋

Julia is one of the languages I have not yet gotten to compile to LLVM bytecode.

Language	Instructions	Compiles to LLVM	LLVM compiles to asm.js	LLVM compiles to WASM
Julia	✅	⛔	❓	❓

Icon	Meaning
✅	Success
⛔	Broken
❓	Unknown

There are some suggestions on stack overflow which could be worth trying https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34146968/how-to-compile-a-julia-script.

PR(s) with next steps for getting it to work would be appreciated!

[ChristianMurphy]

Hey @emsal1863! 👋
Would you be interested in opening a pull request improving the Julia to WASM process or better documenting the current blocker?

[emsal0]

Sure! I'm quite busy at the moment (school) but would love to get my hands dirty with this sometime soon.

[ChristianMurphy]

It looks like https://github.com/amellnik/Julia-to-JS may provide a way forward toward Julia supporting WASM