Days of Sponsored Lunch
Microsoft's .Net Common Language Runtime (CLR) came to the rescue with the managed thread pool (which stabilized around version 2.0), which paved the way for a strong foundation layer on top of which the concurrency and parallelization models subsequently evolved.
Note
The most notable ones include Asynchronous Programming Model (APM), Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR), Decentralized Software Services (DSS), Parallel LINQ (PLINQ), Task Parallel Library (TPL), and the Task-based Async/Await model.
Certain functional constructs and language features like Anonymous Methods, Lambda Expressions, Extension Methods, Anonymous Types, and Language Integrated Query (LINQ) were the core catalysts that aided this evolution. Major ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access