Are spin waits, spin loop and busy spin a different name for the same situation? I read different threads and they all seem related to a loop that is "busy" checking for the availability of a reso...

I would like to wait on an event in my app which supposed to happen immediately, so I don't want to put my thread on wait and wake it up later. I wonder what are the difference between using Sleep(...

I'm using pretty standard Threading.Event: Main thread gets to a point where its in a loop that runs: event.wait(60) The other blocks on a request until a reply is available and then initiates a...

What are some reasons why writing the following piece of code is considered bad practice? while (someList.isEmpty()) { try { Thread.currentThread().sleep(100); } catch (Exception e) {} } //...