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I have 20 threads running at a time in my program, (create 20 wait for them to finish, start another 20), after a while my program slows way down. Do I need to free the tasks or do anything special? If so how, if not is there a common reason why a program like this would slow down?
You might want to consider using the
ThreadPool, either directly, or via the Task Parallel Library (my preferred option). This is likely a better, simpler, and cleaner design than spawning your own threads and blocking on them repeatedly.That being said, if your program is getting progressively slower, this is something where a profiler can help dramatically. Without seeing code, it’s very difficult to diagnose. For example, depending on the work that you’re doing, you may be causing the GC to become less efficient over time, which could cause the % of time spent in GC to climb as the program continues its execution. Profiling should give you a good indication of what is taking time as your program executes.