static string RunThreads(int collectionLength, int threadCount)
{
var list = new ThreadSafeCollection(numberElements: collectionLength);
Stopwatch watch = new Stopwatch();
Thread[] threadList = new Thread[threadCount];
for (int i = 0; i < threadCount; i += 2)
{
threadList[i] = new Thread(() => list.AddRandomInts(list));
threadList[i + 1] = new Thread(() => list.PrintCollection(list));
}
watch.Start();
//Parallel.ForEach(threadList, (t) => { t.Start(); });
foreach (var thread in threadList)
{
thread.Start();
}
foreach (var thread in threadList)
{
thread.Join();
}
watch.Stop();
return($"Elapsed time for Threads: {watch.ElapsedMilliseconds}");
}
static string RunTasks(int collectionLength, int threadCount)
{
var list = new ThreadSafeCollection(numberElements: collectionLength);
Stopwatch watch = new Stopwatch();
Task[] tasksList = new Task[threadCount];
for (int i = 0; i < threadCount; i += 2)
{
tasksList[i] = new Task(() => list.AddRandomInts(list));
tasksList[i + 1] = new Task(() => list.PrintCollection(list));
}
watch.Start();
Parallel.ForEach(tasksList, (t) => { t.Start(); });
//foreach (var task in tasksList) {
// task.Start();
//}
Task.WaitAll(tasksList);
watch.Stop();
return($"Elapsed time for Tasks: {watch.ElapsedMilliseconds}");
}