What is a thread pool worker thread and how does Windows assign work to threads in a thread pool?

[ProfRon]

So, picture this. You got a bunch of worker threads chilling in a pool. They're like eager buddies waiting for jobs on your Windows machine. I mean, when your app needs quick tasks done, it doesn't spin up new threads every time. That'd be a hassle, right? Instead, Windows keeps these threads ready to grab work from a queue. You fire off a task, and the pool picks an idle thread to handle it. Pretty slick, huh? If all threads are busy, the task waits its turn. Windows juggles this to keep things smooth without wasting resources. You ever notice your PC humming along on heavy loads? That's the pool at work, assigning bits of jobs to those threads without you even thinking about it.

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