GCC development on a MacBook

Before buying a MacBook (Pro), I would like to have confirmations on the tools available.
I am mainly a Linux user today. I need to develop C++ programs with Gcc (mainly simple command line programs but quiet heavy computations).
Gcc is delivered with Leopard, right ?
Are standard UNIX sockets and pthread usable ?
In this case I will be able to use all my prefered libs (like GMP or so).
Will I be able to easily compile on 64 bits mode ?
Is SSH delivered ?
To sum up, I would like to write/execute/test my source code on my (future) MacBook (without heavy configuration).
Then I would like to copy my source code on a powerful linux server, just recompile my code and get all the results. Is there any pitfall ?
Hope this is the good forum.
Many Thanks,
Roman

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