Mathematica-style notebook in Python

[Michael Hudson]

rick_muller at yahoo.com (Rick Muller) writes:

> I was wondering whether anyone has considered writing a
> Mathematica-style notebook in Python. I use Python to do a lot of
> scientific analysis, and I really like it's power. But what I always
> envy about my friends who use Mathematica is the notebooks they
> generate, which contain plots, annotations, and other information, in
> a format that can be reloaded easily when you want to check your work.
> 
> Before I start doing something like this, has anyone else considered
> it?

Considered it, certainly.  Armin Rigo, Holger Krekel and I recently
made a start on such a thing (called shpy) but haven't got very far
yet...

Cheers,
mwh

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