Thread Pool vs Thread Spawning

Question

Can someone list some comparison points between Thread Spawning vs Thread Pooling, which one is better? Please consider the .NET framework as a reference implementation tha

Answer 1

A "pool" contains a list of available "threads" ready to be used whereas "spawning" refers to actually creating a new thread.

The usefulness of "Thread Pooling" lies in "lower time-to-use": creation time overhead is avoided.

In terms of "which one is better": it depends. If the creation-time overhead is a problem use Thread-pooling. This is a common problem in environments where lots of "short-lived tasks" need to be performed.

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As pointed out by other folks, there is a "management overhead" for Thread-Pooling: this is minimal if properly implemented. E.g. limiting the number of threads in the pool is trivial.