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| author | Ian Johnson <ian.johnson@appliedlanguage.com> | 2012-08-14 13:11:19 +0400 |
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| committer | Ian Johnson <ian.johnson@appliedlanguage.com> | 2012-08-14 13:11:19 +0400 |
| commit | a54f53584747995de79681506f7c47f83b193311 (patch) | |
| tree | c5ad59af7e5fd0fa8e49ee33352d9b11a3d5cad4 | |
| parent | dbe974fcbbffe33a4dc2f947a4c0a76d19554e6e (diff) | |
Update README.md
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@@ -46,3 +46,5 @@ Pipelines can be constructed using the helpers function in the [pypeline.helpers 1. Pipelines, 2. Pipeline components, and 3. Wires. + +A pipeline is a series of pipeline components that are, optionally, connected with wires. Pipeline components can be constructed with functions, or with a `subprocess.Popen` object; this enables pipelines to be built that call externally running programs. Currently, the protocol for communicating with subprocesses is via stdin and stdout. A single line is fed into the subprocess on stdin and it shall respond with a single line on it's stdout.
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