socket() call can return an error - e.g. EMFILE, so we need to handle
this nicely and not crash.
Additionally wrap the socket() call inside a platform independent helper
function as the Socket data type on Windows is unsigned integer:
> This means, for example, that checking for errors when the socket and
> accept functions return should not be done by comparing the return
> value with –1, or seeing if the value is negative (both common and
> legal approaches in UNIX). Instead, an application should use the
> manifest constant INVALID_SOCKET as defined in the Winsock2.h header
> file.
(cherry picked from commit 8af7f81d6c)
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