Pipes seem necessarily linked to the command line. The only way I could see doing similar in a GUI would be to have an "alternate view" window where each program would have however many appropriate pipe fittings on their icon where input and output pipes (hoses?) could be joined until your screen resembles a game of pipes. Even this would be too much effort. You might as well type.
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Pipes seem necessarily linked to the command line. The only way I could see doing similar in a GUI would be to have an "alternate view" window where each program would have however many appropriate pipe fittings on their icon where input and output pipes (hoses?) could be joined until your screen resembles a game of pipes. Even this would be too much effort. You might as well type.