Thread.IsBackground Property

using System;
using System.Threading;

class Test
{
    static void Main()
    {
        BackgroundTest shortTest = new BackgroundTest(10);
        Thread foregroundThread = 
            new Thread(new ThreadStart(shortTest.RunLoop));
        foregroundThread.Name = "ForegroundThread";

        BackgroundTest longTest = new BackgroundTest(50);
        Thread backgroundThread = 
            new Thread(new ThreadStart(longTest.RunLoop));
        backgroundThread.Name = "BackgroundThread";
        backgroundThread.IsBackground = true;

        foregroundThread.Start();
        backgroundThread.Start();
    }
}

class BackgroundTest
{
    int maxIterations;

    public BackgroundTest(int maxIterations)
    {
        this.maxIterations = maxIterations;
    }

    public void RunLoop()
    {
        String threadName = Thread.CurrentThread.Name;

        for(int i = 0; i < maxIterations; i++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("{0} count: {1}", 
                threadName, i.ToString());
            Thread.Sleep(250);
        }
        Console.WriteLine("{0} finished counting.", threadName);
    }
}