Multithreading: C# vs. Java

This is a pretty bogus comparison, I am a C# coder and write multi-threaded programs quite often and rarely use raw thread classes anymore, the task parallel library makes the experience much cleaner and more powerful.

I use Java some so I can't speak directly to this but I would bet Java pros are scratching their heads over the Java code being used here as well.

What is more interesting to me though; why even make the comparison? Are there legions of programmers out there who cannot pick between these two platforms because they cannot decide who has better a better threading approach?

I don't even understand the purpose of the comparison, other than syntax?

It is also a pretty bad example of C# threading capabilities.

From ThreadPool[1], Tasks[2] and more recently async/await[3], there's a lot more than vanilla threads in C#.

[1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/3dasc8as.aspx

[2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd460717(v=vs.110).a...

[3] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh191443.aspx

I think a better comparison would be the higher level constructs that each language's standard library provides.

For example, the Task Parallel Library is built in to the BCL [1] with some extensions [2] shipped out of band.

Although Java's constructs seem less comprehensive than what's in .NET [3]. (Disclaimer: I'm a .NET programmer and I don't know all the Java namespaces).

[1] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd460717(v=vs.110).a...

[2] http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh228603(v=vs.110).a...

[3] http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/util/concurren...

No mention of WaitHandle.WaitAll (aka WaitForMultipleObjects)?? Multiplexing is sorely missing from the JVM. CountDownLatch isn't really good enough.

Out dated information for both languages.. even if it was up to date.. why do they need to be compared?

It's interesting to see how the language constructs are similar... But this blog post is so anti-climatic! Let's see some graphs and some performance analysis! GC analysis would be great too. jj09, looking forward to seeing part 2!