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 # go-winio
 
 This repository contains utilities for efficiently performing Win32 IO operations in 
-Go. Currently, this is focused on accessing named pipes.
+Go. Currently, this is focused on accessing named pipes and other file handles, and
+for using named pipes as a net transport.
 
-Please see the LICENSE file for licensing information.
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+This code relies on IO completion ports to avoid blocking IO on system threads, allowing Go 
+to reuse the thread to schedule another goroutine. This limits support to Windows Vista and 
+newer operating systems. This is similar to the implementation of network sockets in Go's net
+package.
+
+Please see the LICENSE file for licensing information.
+
+Thanks to natefinch for the inspiration for this library. See https://github.com/natefinch/npipe 
+for another named pipe implementation.