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"Eric Schulte" <schulte.eric@gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks for the idea!
>
> Xiao-Yong Jin <xj2106@columbia.edu> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>> I am thinking of something similar to the 'notebook'
>> interface in Mathematica.  We can present data, code and
>> analysis results in a consistent and structured way, thanks
>> to org-mode.
>
> Yes, this is a great idea.  This has been voiced before in reference to
> Sage[1] a python mathematical "notebook" which allows for interactive
> editing.  I think of it as the interactive alternative to static code
> blocks in Org-mode files, sort of a REPL for Org-babel.  I'm not sure
> what the actual interface would look like or feel like, and I'd love to
> hear suggestions.
>

I've created a page with some initial thoughts on a notebook interface
to Org-babel [1], any feedback is welcome -- Eric

Footnotes: 
[1]  http://eschulte.github.com/babel-dev/TODO-Org-babel-notebook.html