.NET Parallel Programming

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May 2012 - .NET Parallel Programming

Performance consideration for Async/Await and MarshalByRefObject

May 31, 2012 May 31, 2012 05/31/12
Stephen Toub - MSFT
In the previous "What's New for Parallelism in Visual Studio 2012 RC" blog post, I mentioned briefly that for the .NET 4.5 Release Candidate, StreamReader.ReadLineAsync experienced a significant performance improvement over Beta.  There's an intriguing story behind that, one I thought I'd share here.It has to do with some interesting...

What’s New for Parallelism in Visual Studio 2012 RC

May 31, 2012 May 31, 2012 05/31/12
Stephen Toub - MSFT
In September, I blogged about what was new for parallelism and asynchrony in the Visual Studio 2012 Developer Preview, and in February I followed that up with a post on what was new in the Beta.  Now that Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate is out, I want to share a few thoughts on what’s new in the Release Candidate.Most new ...