Tasks Are Not Threads in .NET 4 Beta 1 – Go Parallel « C# multicore, concurrent, threaded, and parallel programming

Tasks Are Not Threads in .NET 4 Beta 1 – Go Parallel

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.Net Framework 4.0 with its Parallel Extensions, still in Beta 1, will add the possibility to work with tasks. It is very important to understand that tasks aren’t threads. Tasks run using threads. However, it doesn’t mean they replace threads.
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October 5, 2009 - Posted by csharpmulticore | concurrent threads, multi-threaded, multicore programming, tasks, Visual Studio 2010 | .Net 4.0, multicore, multiprocessor, Visual Studio 2010

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