I had the same feeling about IPython, and I rather liked bpython — and then I discovered DreamPie, which offers a number of features I have found useful in expl

I had the same feeling about IPython, and I rather liked bpython — and then I discovered DreamPie, which offers a number of features I have found useful in exploratory programming. Yes, it moves me out of both Emacs and my terminal, but it's almost worth it.