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KillerCode:
i am willing to start a big project in FreePascal/Lazarus, im also looking forward to make it cross platform (Windows, Linux and Mac OSX) and i wanted to know which is the best Sockets component that will work on all?
i was working with Indy 9/10 for under Delphi, each client has its Owen thread, is this available on lNet ? or ill have to create a thread for each client manually? or there is another library better than those two?

thanks;

Leledumbo:
lNet for RAD style, Synapse for more OOP and advanced style. I'm a bit unsure about Mac OS X support, only Windows and Linux are totally guaranteed to work AFAIK.

Dibo:
I'm using lNet and Synapse on windows and linux without problems. Works on 32 and 64 bit system. The only difference is that lNets are non-blocking sockets. Both sockets works on Windows Mobile too.

I also tested Indy before, and worked too.

Regards.

Phil:
I was able to get Indy working on Mac with a few patches. I use it with Web Service Toolkit. However, I was never able to get Synapse working on Mac, but it's been a couple years since I tried.

If you have success (or failure) on Mac with lnet or Synapse, please post your results.

Thanks.

-Phil

KillerCode:
ok, thanks all, i think ill go with lNet, just one more question, is does lNet create a separate thread for each client like Indy does?
or ill have to create that manually?

thanks;

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