Thread.Start() versus ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem()

Question

The Microsoft .NET Base Class Library provides several ways to create a thread and start it. Basically the invocation is very similar to every other one providing the same k

Answer 1

The Managed Thread Pool has some very good guidelines on when NOT to use the thread pool.

In my experience, you want to create your own thread when you need a persistent, dedicated, long-running thread. For everything else, use asynchronous delegates or something like QueueUserWorkItem, BackgroundWorker, or the Task-related features of .NET 4.0.