[fpc-devel] Threading support and C library under Linux/Unix

[Marco van de Voort]

In our previous episode, Graeme Geldenhuys said:
> If these questions are answered somewhere on the wiki, then just pointing
> me in that direction please.
> 
> I know that to threading support is optional in Linux/Unix apps, and is
> always available under Windows (not sure about Macs).
> 
> * What is the downside again of pulling in thread support by default?

See 4.3 in http://www.stack.nl/~marcov/unixrtl.pdf

Note that nowadays afaik it is a bit less problematic as it used to be.