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<p> The Unix toolkit was created in the <b>1970s</b> and is a mainstay to this
day. Miller is written in plain C, and its look and feel adheres closely to
the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy">classic toolkit
style</a>: if this were music, Miller would be a <b>tribute album</b>.
Likewise, since commands are subcommands of the <code>mlr</code> executable,
the result is a <b>band</b>, if you will, of command-line tools. Put these
together and the namesake is another classic product of the 1970s: the <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%5fMiller%5fBand">Steve Miller
Band</a>.</p>
<p> (Additionally, and far more prosaically ... just as a miller is someone who
grinds and mixes grain into flour to extend its usefulness, Miller grinds and
mixes data for you.)<p/>