Listing 1: Chello World Threading Application

using System;
using System.Threading; //Include the threading
	// library.

namespace BasicThreading
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Demonstrates the basic usage of a thread.
	/// </summary>
	class ThreadHello
	{
		static void ThreadDelegate()  //Delegate for your
		   // thread object.
		{
			Console.WriteLine("Chello there sparky... :)");
			Console.ReadLine(); //Just wait for key input.
		}
		[STAThread]
		static void Main(string[] args)
		{

			//First get an instance to the thread and pass
			   // your delegate.	
			Thread myThread = new Thread(new
			  	ThreadStart(ThreadDelegate));

			//Give the thread a name - really helpful for 
			debugging.
			myThread.Name = "My Chello Thread";

			//Set the thread priority - but only if you
			//can't live with normal priority.
			myThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.AboveNormal;

			//Remember to start the thread.
			myThread.Start();	

			//Uncomment these lines to play with suspending 
			//and resuming threads and getting their state.
			//Console.WriteLine(myThread.ThreadState.ToString());
			//myThread.Suspend();
			//Console.WriteLine(myThread.ThreadState.ToString());
			//myThread.Resume();
			//Console.WriteLine(myThread.ThreadState.ToString());		
		}
	}
}


Listing 2: IL Code for Chello World Threading Application

.method private hidebysig static void  Main(string[] args) cil managed
{
  .entrypoint
  .custom instance void   
   [mscorlib]System.STAThreadAttribute::.ctor() = ( 01 00 00 00 ) 
  // Code size       43 (0x2b)
  .maxstack  3
  .locals init ([0] class [mscorlib]System.Threading.Thread myThread)
  IL_0000:  ldnull
  IL_0001:  ldftn      void BasicThreading.ThreadHello::ThreadDelegate()
  IL_0007:  newobj     instance void 
 [mscorlib]System.Threading.ThreadStart::.ctor
   (object,
                                                                                   native int)
  IL_000c:  newobj     instance void [mscorlib]System.Threading.Thread::.ctor(class
  [mscorlib]System.Threading.ThreadStart)
  IL_0011:  stloc.0
  IL_0012:  ldloc.0
  IL_0013:  ldstr      "My Chello Thread"
  IL_0018:  callvirt   instance void [mscorlib]System.Threading.Thread::set_Name(string)
  IL_001d:  ldloc.0
  IL_001e:  ldc.i4.3
  IL_001f:  callvirt   instance void [mscorlib]System.Threading.Thread::set_Priority(valuetype [mscorlib]System.Threading.ThreadPriority)
  IL_0024:  ldloc.0
  IL_0025:  callvirt   instance void [mscorlib]System.Threading.Thread::Start()
  IL_002a:  ret
} // end of method ThreadHello::Main