Those interested in the HN comments should read the 9 at <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12340234" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12340234</a> . The biggest objection was that it compared the bpython shell to Julia, and not the IPython/Jypter one.<p>The biggest thing I learned, and liked, about Julia is how `$app` expands correctly for the shell.