that the waiting threads are in a queue, you cannot make any assumptions about which waiting
thread will be released first. AutoResetEventsare also known as sync events based on this behavior.
Using the AutoResetEventtype, you could implement a crude thread pool where several
threads wait on an AutoResetEventsignal to be told that some piece of work is available. When a
new piece of work is added to the work queue, the event is signaled to turn one of the waiting
threads loose. Implementing a thread pool this way is not efficient and comes with its problems. For
example, things become tricky to handle when all threads are busy and work items ar ...
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