Preface
Welcome to the world of IPython 4.0, which is used in high performance and parallel environments. Python itself has been gaining traction in these areas, and IPython builds on these strengths.
High-performance computing (HPC) has a number of characteristics that make it different from the majority of other computing fields. We will start with a brief overview of what makes HPC different and how IPython can be a game-changing technology.
We will then start on the IPython command line. Now that Jupyter has split from the IPython project, this is the primary means by which the developer will interface with the language. This is an important enough topic to devote two chapters to. In the first, we will concentrate on basic commands and gaining ...
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