Unix, of course, invented the pipelining concept. But in Unix-like systems -- including Linux and OS X -- the data that's passed from one command to the next is weakly structured ASCII text.

Although MSH retains the venerable Unix pipeline, which is an indisputably excellent framework for integration, it abolishes what Monad architect Jeffrey Snover has called “faith-based parsing.” ...

At its core, MSH is an object pipeline. Unix, of course, invented the pipelining concept. But in Unix-like systems — including Linux and OS X — the data that’s passed from one command to the ...