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McIlroy developed the idea of Unix pipes and promoted composing programs from small tools that exchange streams.
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Connecting tools by a shared interface changes how software can be assembled. The proposal and its implementation within Unix involved different members of the Bell Labs team.
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McIlroy developed the idea of Unix pipes and promoted composing programs from small tools that exchange streams.
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- Diane Tessaglia-Hymes — Doug McIlroy: Applied physicist to programming pioneer, Cornell Chronicle — Unix and pipes paragraphs
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