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 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.
-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://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/mdmpipe.html|Advice from Doug McIlroy]])
+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://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/mdmpipe.html|Advice from Doug McIlroy]]). Implicit in this statement is the idea of //filters// to modify and "massage" the data.
 ===== The Evolution of Pipes =====