Ipython can be used as a replacement for the standard python shell, or it can be used as a complete working environment for scientific computing (like matlab or mathematica) when paired with the standard python scientific and numerical tools. it supports dynamic object introspections, numbered input/output prompts, a macro system, session logging, session restoring, complete system shell access, verbose and colored traceback reports, auto-parentheses, auto-quoting, and is embeddable in other python programs.

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