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Threading > The Thread Pool
The Thread Pool
Whenever you start a thread, a few hundred microseconds are spent organizing such things as a fresh local variable stack. The thread pool cuts this overhead by having a pool of pre-created recyclable threads. Thread pooling is essential for efficient parallel programming and fine-grained concurrency; it allows short operations to run without being overwhelmed with the overhead of thread startup.
There are a few things to be wary of when using pooled threads:
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You cannot set the
Nameof a pooled thread, making debugging more difficult (although you can attach a description when debugging in Visual Studio’s Threads window). -
Pooled threads are always background threads.
