Multithreading leads to parallelism, which has its own programming and pitfalls. Now that we have grasped the basic concepts of parallel programming, it is important to understand its advantages and disadvantages.
The following are the benefits of parallel programming:
- Enhanced performance: We can achieve better performance since tasks are distributed across threads that run in parallel.
- Improved GUI responsiveness: Since tasks perform non-blocking I/O, this means the GUI thread is always free to accept user inputs. This results in better responsiveness.
- The simultaneous and parallelized occurrence of tasks: Since tasks run in parallel, we can simultaneously run different programming logic.
- Better use of cache storage by utilizing resources and better use of CPU resources. Tasks can run on different cores, thereby ensuring...