Optionally use named pipes in Windows instead of sockets

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Named pipes work better in Windows. Windows sockets consume much more resources compared to sockets in Linux.

select can be emulated using overlapped I/O https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/ipc/named-pipe-server-using-overlapped-i-o?redirectedfrom=MSDN

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Unless you develop the code yourself it's very unlikely this will be implemented in the near future.