/*
Mastering Visual C# .NET
by Jason Price, Mike Gunderloy
Publisher: Sybex;
ISBN: 0782129110
*/
/*
Example14_12.cs illustrates the use of the system thread pool
*/
using System;
using System.Threading;
public class Example14_12
{
// the Countdown method counts down from 1000 to 1
public static void Countdown(Object o)
{
for (int counter = 1000; counter > 0; counter--)
{
Console.Write(counter.ToString() + " ");
}
}
public static void Main()
{
// ask the system to create and launch a second thread
ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(new WaitCallback(Countdown), null);
// and meanwhile call the Countdown method from the first thread
Countdown(null);
}
}