From: Conrad Schneiker/Austin/Contr/IBM Date: 2000-10-23T15:52:55+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:5769] Object pipes. This is a speculative half-baked ksh/bash shell-inspired question: Can the right hand side of t = w.x.y.z be regarded (in some plausible sense) as something of an "object pipe", with "." roughly playing the role of "|"? Conrad Schneiker (This note is unofficial and subject to improvement without notice.)