Following on from my BeginInvoke()/EndInvoke() question, are there major differences in performance/anything else between Delegate.BeginInvoke() and using QueueUserWorkItem(
http://blogs.msdn.com/cbrumme/archive/2003/07/14/51495.aspx
says:
"One surprising fact is that this is also why Delegate.BeginInvoke / EndInvoke are so slow compared to equivalent techniques like ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem (or UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem if you understand the security implications and want to be really efficient). The codepath for BeginInvoke / EndInvoke quickly turns into the common Message processing code of the general remoting pathway."