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IPython vs Zsh (Z shell): What are the differences?

Developers describe IPython as "A command shell for interactive computing in multiple programming languages". It provides a rich architecture for interactive computing with a powerful interactive shell, a kernel for Jupyter. It has a support for interactive data visualization and use of GUI toolkits Flexible, embeddable interpreters to load into your own projects. Easy to use, high performance tools for parallel computing. . On the other hand, Zsh (Z shell) is detailed as "An extended Bourne shell with a large number of improvements". An interactive login shell, command interpreter and scripting language.

IPython and Zsh (Z shell) can be primarily classified as "Shells" tools.

Some of the features offered by IPython are:

  • Interactive
  • Magic
  • embeddable interpreters

On the other hand, Zsh (Z shell) provides the following key features:

  • Programmable command-line completion
  • Sharing of command history among all running shells
  • Improved variable/array handling

Zsh (Z shell) is an open source tool with 1.49K GitHub stars and 206 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Zsh (Z shell)'s open source repository on GitHub.

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    Interactive exploration then save to a script
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    What is IPython?

    It provides a rich architecture for interactive computing with a powerful interactive shell, a kernel for Jupyter. It has a support for interactive data visualization and use of GUI toolkits. Flexible, embeddable interpreters to load into your own projects. Easy to use, high performance tools for parallel computing.

    What is Zsh (Z shell)?

    An interactive login shell, command interpreter and scripting language.

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