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====== Pipes ====== | ====== Pipes ====== | ||
- | The idea of connecting an output from one process, via an in-kernel memory buffer, to the input of another process is entirely original to Unix. | + | **Wikipedia: |
- | Doug McIlroy, in 1964, had proposed that "We should have some ways of connecting programs like garden hose–screw in another | + | The idea of connecting an output from one process, via an in-kernel memory buffer, to the input of another |
+ | Doug McIlroy, in 1964, had proposed that "We should have some ways of connecting programs like garden hose – screw in another segment when it becomes necessary to massage data in another way. This is the way of IO also." (Dennis Ritchie, [[https:// | ||
===== The Evolution of Pipes ===== | ===== The Evolution of Pipes ===== | ||
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- | The Second Edition of Unix, dated June 1972, didn't have pipes. By January 15, 1973, Unix did have pipes: Doug McIlroy put out the notice for a [[http:// | + | The Second Edition of Unix, dated June 1972, didn't have pipes; by January 15, 1973, Unix did have pipes. Doug McIlroy put out the notice for a [[http:// |
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