Grand Central Dispatch vs. NSThread

Question

I created some test code for NSThread and Grand Central Dispatch (GCD):

- (void)doIt:(NSNumber *)i
{
 sleep(1);
 NSLog(@\"Thread#%i\", [i intValue]);
}

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Answer 1

If anyone want to test, which method is the best for the spedify probleme, here ist the code:

#define MAX_COUNT 99999999
#define HOW_MUCH 10
- (void)doIt:(NSNumber *)i
{
    for (int j = 0; j < MAX_COUNT; j++)
        ;
    NSLog(@"Thread#%i", [i intValue]);
}


- (IBAction)doWork:(id)sender
{
    NSLog(@"START");

    for (int i = 0; i < HOW_MUCH; i++) {
        NSNumber *t = [NSNumber numberWithInt:i];
        [NSThread detachNewThreadSelector:@selector(doIt:) toTarget:self withObject:t];
    }

    sleep(3);


    dispatch_queue_t queue = dispatch_get_global_queue(DISPATCH_QUEUE_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, 0);
    dispatch_apply(HOW_MUCH, queue, ^(size_t i) {
        for (int j = 0; j < MAX_COUNT; j++)
            ;
        NSLog(@"GCD APPLY %u",(int)i);
    });


    sleep(3);

    for (size_t k = 0; k < HOW_MUCH; k++) {
        dispatch_async(queue, ^(void) {
            for (int j = 0; j < MAX_COUNT; j++)
                ;
            NSLog(@"GCD ASYNC#%u",(int)k);
        });
    }

    sleep(10);
    NSLog(@"DONE");
}