The article also made me think about the Unix philosophy of text pipes. I think Powershell is a step further in that direction, as it it allows you to pipe typ

The article also made me think about the Unix philosophy of text pipes. I think Powershell is a step further in that direction, as it it allows you to pipe typed objects between scripts and cmdlets. It's just not clear to me how to extend that idea to a GUI-centric environment like a smartphone.