On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 4:17 PM, scoop <sc...@invalid.gmail.com> wrote: > I know I could just try to install it and see, but I've got my > configuration just right, so I don't want to mess it up (maybe) with > IPython. > > Also, can someone please point me to some page where I can find > differences between C and I Python. I'm learning Python using > "Learning python" (figures :), so I was wondering - what are the > practical differences between the two ? If I start with IPython, will > I be able to switch to CPython later, or will I have trouble with that > ? Does IPython supports standard libraries like numpy and matplotlib ?
ipython is just an improved Python shell (interactive interpreter/REPL), not an alternate Python implementation. As far as I know, it is based on CPython and normally requires CPython to operate. Cheers, Chris -- I have a blog: http://blog.rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
