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tl,dr; Ken Thompson invented them overnight in 1973 and everybody was happy afterwards. An original journal article is linked (http://emulator.pdp-11.org.ru/mis
by ktpsns 7y ago
tl,dr; Ken Thompson invented them overnight in 1973 and everybody was happy afterwards. An original journal article is linked (http://emulator.pdp-11.org.ru/misc/1978.07_-_Bell_System_Technical_Journal.pdf http://emulator.pdp-11.org.ru/misc/1978.07_-_Bell_System_Tec...) which shows an example of pipes at page 25.
- yesenadam 7y agoFunny, I thought McIlroy invented them, in 1964...and the article confirms that.