It should be noted that the IPython Notebook is being developed to support multiple backends. People are working on backends for Haskell[1], Scala [2], and Juli

It should be noted that the IPython Notebook is being developed to support multiple backends. People are working on backends for Haskell[1], Scala [2], and Julia[3]. I'd love to see a Clojure backend. All of this does not obviate the challenges of setting up IPython, but that could also be (somewhat)resolved via cloud services[4][5][6]. [1] http://gibiansky.github.io/IHaskell/ http://gibiansky.github.io/IHaskell/ [2] https://github.com/mattpap/IScala https://github.com/mattpap/IScala [3] https://github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl https://github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl [4] http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/python/tutorials/ipython-notebook/ http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/python/tutorials/i... [5] https://www.wakari.io/ https://www.wakari.io/ [6] http://blog.picloud.com/2012/12/23/introducing-the-picloud-notebook/ http://blog.picloud.com/2012/12/23/introducing-the-picloud-n...