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> Unix once again beautifully shows how simple and beautiful concepts like fork and pipes have unforeseen benefits many decades after they were invented Multip
by mhurron 14y ago
> Unix once again beautifully shows how simple and beautiful concepts like fork and pipes have unforeseen benefits many decades after they were invented
Multiprocessing and using multiple processes (instead of threads) to take advantage of them predates UNIX, by a lot.
- ajross 14y agoThat's not the point. Unix invented the idea of a simple system call to create a process by forking, and (more importantly) the idea of a "pipe" syntax in the shell to connect data streams between processes in a natural and intuitive way. These were usability and elegance enhancements, not performance things.