Chris Rackauckas gave a thoughtful comment here:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=gspuMS1hSQo&lc=UgybMqt_1cv76Q5aT...
Here, he mentions how ahead-of-time compilation may be an essential feature to allow Julia to integrate well with embedded systems.
AoT compilation has been a hot topic for quite a while since the lack of it (albeit partially supported in 1.12 with significant limitations) limits the ability to deploy Julia in many environments (embedded, serverless, browsers).
