sockets as opposed to fifos

[Thomas E. Ragland]

I am working on a system that does not support "named pipes" and I am confronted
with the communication issue between "monitors".  My question is, has anyone 
written code that communicates through "sockets" as opposed to "fifos"?  If so,
I would like to interact with you.  In short, any form of communication other
than "fifos" is of interest to me (i.e., streams, BSD sockets, etc).  
Thanks in advance!

Thomas