diff --git a/examples/interop_socket/main.c b/examples/interop_socket/main.c
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+#include <sys/socket.h> // socket addresses, constants
+#include <stdio.h>
+#define BUFSIZE 512
+int main() {
+    // --- setup ---
+    struct sockaddr_in local, peer; 
+    /* (address structure initializations omitted) */
+    int fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); 
+    bind(fd, (const struct sockaddr *)&local, sizeof(local));
+    connect(fd, (const struct sockaddr *)&peer, sizeof(peer));
+    // --- communication ---
+    char buffer = malloc(BUFSIZE);
+    size_t msglen, i;
+    msglen = recv(fd, (const void *)buffer, BUFSIZE, 0);
+    for(i=0; i<msglen; i++) {
+        printf("%02X", buffer[i]);
+    }
+    // --- cleanup ---
+    close(fd);
+    free(buffer);
+    return 0;
+}
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