help you simulate the pipeline in other functional language

pipleline

       function makepipe ( initValue ) {
               
		var result = initValue, 
                    slice = [].slice,
                    rtn = function( fn ) {
			result = fn.apply( null, [result].concat( slice.call( arguments, 1 ) ) );
			return rtn;
		};

		rtn.get = function() {
			return result;
		};
		return rtn;
	}

	function plus ( x, y ) {
		return x + y;
	}

	function mul ( x, y ) {
		return x * y;
	}

	alert( " ( 100 + 10 ) * 2 = " +  makepipe( 100 )( plus, 10 )( mul, 2 ).get() );