I'm sure this topic is dead, but just so you know, kernel debugging for windows uses named pipes at least when VMware is involved. .NET added support for named

I'm sure this topic is dead, but just so you know, kernel debugging for windows uses named pipes at least when VMware is involved. .NET added support for named pipes in release 3.5. Mac OS X seems to fully support pipes, too. I suspect pipes are used, but transparently by most programs that use them.