Plumber (program)
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The plumber, in the Plan 9 from Bell Labs
and Inferno
operating systems, is a mechanism for interprocess communication, somewhat similar to copy and paste.
The plumber is a program which handles all the messaging when programs make plumbing messages. Unlike copy and paste, where the user specifies where the destination of some data should go, the plumber interprets the message on the basis of plumbing rules to determine its destination.
The plumber works transparently on a network, fitting in with the Plan 9 methodology.
Plan 9 from Bell Labs
Plan 9 from Bell Labs is a distributed operating system. It was developed primarily for research purposes as the successor to Unix by the Computing Sciences Research Center at Bell Labs between the mid-1980s and 2002...
and Inferno
Inferno (operating system)
Inferno is a distributed operating system started at Bell Labs, but is now developed and maintained by Vita Nuova Holdings as free software. Inferno was based on the experience gained with Plan 9 from Bell Labs, and the further research of Bell Labs into operating systems, languages, on-the-fly...
operating systems, is a mechanism for interprocess communication, somewhat similar to copy and paste.
The plumber is a program which handles all the messaging when programs make plumbing messages. Unlike copy and paste, where the user specifies where the destination of some data should go, the plumber interprets the message on the basis of plumbing rules to determine its destination.
The plumber works transparently on a network, fitting in with the Plan 9 methodology.