As long as Apple wants to keep macOS POSIX-compliant, the sockets remain.
[1] https://images.apple.com/media/us/osx/2012/docs/OSX_for_UNIX...
[1] https://images.apple.com/media/us/osx/2012/docs/OSX_for_UNIX...
* Open source UNIX foundation
** Support for multiple CPU and GPU cores via Grand Central Dispatch and OpenCL
* Comprehensive UNIX user environment
** Standards-based graphics built on PDF (Quartz), OpenGL, and H.264 (QuickTime)
Your 2011/2012 document gives less assurance towards any future POSIX compliance.