> (Windows supports Unix sockets; who knew?) Only since Windows 10 build 17063 (December 2017 pre-release) [0] [1], which was released as Windows 10 April 2018

> (Windows supports Unix sockets; who knew?) Only since Windows 10 build 17063 (December 2017 pre-release) [0] [1], which was released as Windows 10 April 2018 Update. So for the first 25+ years of Windows' existence, it didn't. And although it does implement the basic functionality, it is missing features found on mainstream Unix-like platforms, e.g. file descriptor passing (SCM_RIGHTS) [0] https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/af_unix-comes-to-windows/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/af_unix-comes-to-... [1] https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_10_build_17063 https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_10_build_17063