Discover how to use Unix domain sockets and Windows named pipes in Node.js as a faster, lightweight alternative to HTTP requests for local inter‑process communication.
A typical way for programs to communicate with each other is through http, however this requires going through the network stack.
gcc on windows
https://jmeubank.github.io/tdm-gcc/
gcc on linux
sudo apt update && sudo apt install build-essential
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the following sets up an ipc unix domain socket client on linux in c
the following sets up an ipc unix domain socket client on linux in nodejs
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