Sams Teach Yourself C# 5.0 in 24 Hours

Hour 24. Understanding Threads, Concurrency, and Parallelism

What You’ll Learn in This Hour

• Understanding threads and threading

• Concurrency and synchronization

• Understanding the Task Parallel Library

• Working with Parallel LINQ (PLINQ)

• Potential pitfalls

So far, all the applications you have written, and most software that exists today, were designed for single-threaded execution. This is mainly because the programming model of single-threaded execution reduces complexity and is easier to code. However, as processor technology continues to evolve from single-core to multicore architectures, it is more common for applications to begin taking advantage of the benefits of multiple threads and multiple cores. Unfortunately, using multiple ...