From: Ian Upright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
ian-list> What is the advantage of a named socket? Why not just use
ian-list> an ordinary TCP/IP socket?
Port space. What random port do you want to allocate today? With
named pipes, they are represented in form of file names instead of
ports. The space is simply very much larger, and easier to define
in a somewhat elegant way.
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