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48 questions linked to/from Task vs Thread differences
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What is the difference between task and thread?
In C# 4.0, we have Task in the System.Threading.Tasks namespace. What is the true difference between Thread and Task. I did some sample program(help taken from MSDN) for my own sake of learning with
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Does code in a .NET Task ultimately run on a CPU or CPU Core via native Windows Thread? [duplicate]
Referring to the following post, which leads one to believe a .NET Task executes without native OS threads being involved. Is this true?
Difference between Task (System.Threading.Task) and Thread
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Is it better to use Threads for very small operations, or tasks are always preferred? [duplicate]
I've been tinkering through some stuff, and this code sample made me wonder - should I implement the StopCalculation method with a Task, or the way it's been done is perfectly okay, and actually ...
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Which is more efficient: Thread or Task if I don't need a result value? [duplicate]
I'm starting new thread for every different job. I think it is better way. But with my coworker we have some conflict about using thread or task. He think Task is more efficient. But there is no ...
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When to use TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning?
I've wondered this for quite a while, but never really found the answer.
I understand that it's a hint for the task scheduler where the task will run on, and that the task scheduler can (or nowadays ...
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Update progress bar in another form while task is running
**Ultimately I am going to have four tasks running concurrently and have another form that contains four progress bars. I would like for each progress bar to update as it's work task is completing.
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Threading: Application Freezes after using Thread.Join()
I understand that the .Join() causes the threads to pause and wait till a thread finishes its work but how can I avoid the UI from getting frozen? This is what my codes look like"
Thread dataThread = ...
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TPL vs Multithreading
I am new to threading and I need a clarification for the below scenario.
I am working on apple push notification services. My application demands to send notifications to 30k users when a new deal is ...
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C# Webservice: Webmethod, that calls an async method, returns Taskoff object
I'm a total beginner with webservices and I ran in
the following problem, which is about a webservice and asynchronous logging. (c#)
Problem Description
I have a webservice that returns some data to ...
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How can I achieve maximum parallelism and utilize maximum CPU with Parallel.ForEach?
There is a C# function A(arg1, arg2) which needs to be called lots of times. To do this fastest, I am using parallel programming.
Take the example of the following code:
long totalCalls = 2000000;
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Is there any point to using Task Parallel Library
I have a quad core PC.
I had considered programmatically of uterlising multi-core processing using the Task Parallel Library. However, when I Googled for examples I was informed that the CPU will ...
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async Task - What actually happens on the CPU?
I've been reading about Tasks after asking this question and seeing that I completely misunderstood the concept. Answers such as the top answers here and here explain the idea, but I still don't get ...
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F# task parallelism under Mono doesn't "appear" to execute in parallel
I have the following dummy code to test out TPL in F#. (Mono 4.5, Xamarin studio, quad core MacBook Pro)
To my surprise, all the processes are done on the same thread. There is no parallelism at all.
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Are method call statements executed synchronously, in the order in which they are written? [closed]
For example:
void Function1()
{
Function2();
Function3();
}
Will Function3 be guaranteed to wait until Function2 is done processing each and every time Function1 is called?
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Task or Threads c# [duplicate]
I have two scenarios and I am not sure whether to use Tasks or Threads (working with dot net Framework 4.7)
Scenario 1: Database Queries
I have a set of data base queries that I execute with ...
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