Looks interesting! Thank you for focusing on AoT compilation and not just JIT compilation. To be honest, I'm sick of JIT compilation. In theory it seems like the best of both worlds, but in practice it turns out to be the worst of both worlds, especially for larger projects.
Will LPython have the ability to generate AoT compiled libraries in addition to executables?
> Looks interesting! Thank you for focusing on AoT compilation and not just JIT compilation. To be honest, I'm sick of JIT compilation. In theory it seems like the best of both worlds, but in practice it turns out to be the worst of both worlds, especially for larger projects.
Indeed, I think for large projects you want:
* generate a binary
* fast compilation in Debug mode
* fast runtime in Release mode
Sometimes you want JIT, so we support it too, but I personally don't use it, I write the main program in LPython and just compile it to a binary.
> Will LPython have the ability to generate AoT compiled libraries in addition to executables?
Yes, you can do it today. Just compile to `.o` file and create a library. We use this library feature in production at my company today. If you run into issues, just ask us, we'll help.
And good point about JIT--it does have its place. What I should have said is that I wish there were better options with high quality support for _both_ AoT and JIT. Most of the options I'm aware of have good support for one, but poor or no support for the other. I'm curious to see how well LPython bridges the gap.
Will LPython have the ability to generate AoT compiled libraries in addition to executables?