Multithreading with C# Cookbook - Second Edition

Thread priority

This recipe will describe the different options for thread priority. Setting a thread priority determines how much CPU time a thread will be given.

Getting ready

To work through this recipe, you will need Visual Studio 2015. There are no other prerequisites. The source code for this recipe can be found at BookSamples\Chapter1\Recipe6.

How to do it...

To understand the workings of thread priority, perform the following steps:

1. Start Visual Studio 2015. Create a new C# console application project.
2. In the Program.cs file, add the following using directives:

   using System;
   using System.Threading;
   using static System.Console;
   using static System.Threading.Thread;
   using static System.Diagnostics.Process;

3. Add the following code snippet below the ...