Non-python kernels for ipython/jupyter
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I have had a go at packaging several non-python kernels for the
jupyter[0] interactive computing tool (formerly ipython). It should be
possible to write a kernel for any interpreted language for which a
ZMQ library exists; quite a few now exist[1] (although many appear to
be alpha software at best).
I have generated packages for the following kernels and their
dependencies:
* ihaskell [2] (and dependencies haskell-ghc-parser,
haskell-ipython-kernel, haskell-shelly, haskell-system-argv0)
* ijulia [3] (and dependencies julia-bindeps, julia-compat,
julia-json, julia-nettle, julia-sha, julia-uriparser, julia-zmq)
* ijavascript [4] and jp-coffeescript [5] (and dependencies node-jmp,
node-nel and node-zmq)
* irkernel [6] (and dependencies r-cran-rzmq, r-cran-uuid,
r-github-irkernel-irdisplay, r-github-irkernel-repr)
* iruby [7] (and dependencies ruby-bond, ruby-rbczmq)
All the packages can be found in an Ubuntu PPA [8], targetting
15.10/16.04; but most should build without modification on
testing/unstable. Packaging has been done with
git-buildpackage+quilt+pristine-tar.
The packages build, and appear to work, but I am less familiar with
(haskell, julia, node, ruby) than (R, python) and so packages of the
former would certainly benefit from review by someone with greater
familiarity (and ultimately, I would be looking for sponsorship for
uploads once any problems are addressed). I would be interested in
team/co-maintenance where possible due to the large number of packages
- - and advice on which would be the appropriate teams.
Gordon
[0]: jupyter.org ; github.com/jupyter ; ipython already exists in the
archives, for jupyter see ITP #800936 #799470 #801366 #800903 #800404
[1]: github.com/ipython/ipython/wiki/IPython-kernels-for-other-languages
[2]: github.com/gibiansky/IHaskell
[3]: github.com/JuliaLang/IJulia.jl
[4]: github.com/n-riesco/ijavascript
[5]: github.com/n-riesco/jp-coffeescript
[6]: github.com/IRkernel/IRkernel
[7]: github.com/SciRuby/iruby
[8]: launchpad.net/~chronitis/+archive/ubuntu/jupyter/
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