Pipes and Filters

What more can I say? Pipes and Filters is a solid style that has been around for at least as long as I have been working with computers. The ability to pipe input from one filter to another (maybe in the same process maybe not) breaking the work into distinct tasks is something that is easily understood and lends itself to making a system that is simple to build, easy to maintain and future-proof to a certain degree. The added benefits of being able to reconfigure/add/remove the order of filters or topology of how filters are applied (sequentially, in parallel, in a different order, etc.) is also a great benefit.