Yes, this was what I thought too. I understand where this "piping" of functions comes from and that it deemed to be a readability improvement (for *nix users at

Yes, this was what I thought too. I understand where this "piping" of functions comes from and that it deemed to be a readability improvement (for *nix users at least), but it is unnecessary because like you've mentioned there already is a way of doing that in C++ and because at least for me the notation is a little bit confusing (as I'm inclined to read it as bitwise "OR" on function's addresses) and requires me to rewire my brain in a counter-C++ way!