LPython: Novel, Fast, Retargetable Python Compiler

About LPython is a Python compiler that can compile type-annotated Python code to optimized machine code. LPython offers several backends such as LLVM, C, C++, WASM, Julia and x86. LPython features quick compilation and runtime performance, as we show in the benchmarks in this blog. LPython also offers Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation and seamless interoperability with CPython. We are releasing an alpha version of LPython, meaning it is expected you encounter bugs when you use it (please report them!