[fpc-pascal] Counting semaphore for free pascal

[Serguei TARASSOV]

On 29/07/2015 15:44, fpc-pascal-request at lists.freepascal.org wrote:
> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 15:16:13 +0200
> From: Sven Barth<pascaldragon at googlemail.com>
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> Semaphores don't necessarily need to be cross process.
Yes, it is not necessary.
As I wrote, some frameworks (i.e. .NET) provide classes like "threading 
semaphore".
"By default" since 1960s semaphores are designed and used to synchronize 
the processes.
When the semaphore's scope is limited by threads it is documented as 
"threading semaphore" in most cases.

Regards,
Serguei