How does Thread.Abort() work?

Question

We usually throw exception when invalid input is passed to a method or when a object is about to enter invalid state. Let\'s consider the following example

Answer 1

It's easy, the underlying OS does it. If the thread is in any state except 'running on another core', there is no problem - it's state is set to 'never run again'. If the thread is runing on another core, the OS hardware-interrupts the other core via. it's interprocessor driver and so exterminates the thread.

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