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brew install ipython v9.14.1 BSD-3-Clause

Interactive Python shell with rich debugging, introspection, and notebook support.

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IPython augments the standard Python REPL with autocompletion, inline plotting, magic commands, shell integration, and superior debugging via %pdb and post-mortem inspection. Essential for exploratory data science workflows and interactive development; much richer than the built-in python interpreter.

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