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In case of Join, the thread calling the Join method will wait for it to return. In case of Thread.IsAlive, you will have to poll some specified number of time (like 1 second). It would be the same as calling Join method, the calling thread will have to wait until all threads terminate. So better use Thread.Join()

ata
– ata

2010-03-08 09:48:18 +00:00
Commented Mar 8, 2010 at 9:48
The key difference is that polling IsAlive() allows your main thread to continue doing other work, if there is any. Good points though - if there's no work to be done, Join() is the more efficient choice.

Bevan
– Bevan

2010-03-09 07:19:18 +00:00
Commented Mar 9, 2010 at 7:19

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