Imports System
Imports System.Threading

Public Class Example

    <MTAThread> _
    Public Shared Sub Main()
        ' Queue the task.
        ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem( _
            New WaitCallback(AddressOf ThreadProc) _
            )
        ' Note that you do not have to create the WaitCallback delegate
        ' explicitly in Visual Basic.  The following line also queues 
        ' the task:
        'ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(AddressOf ThreadProc)

        Console.WriteLine("Main thread does some work, then sleeps.")
        ' If you comment out the Sleep, the main thread exits before
        ' the thread pool task runs.  The thread pool uses background
        ' threads, which do not keep the application running.  (This
        ' is a simple example of a race condition.)
        Thread.Sleep(1000)

        Console.WriteLine("Main thread exits.")
    End Sub

    ' This thread procedure performs the task.
    Shared Sub ThreadProc(stateInfo As Object)
        ' No state object was passed to QueueUserWorkItem, so 
        ' stateInfo is null.
        Console.WriteLine("Hello from the thread pool.")
    End Sub
End Class

using System;
using System.Threading;
public class Example {
    public static void Main() {
        // Queue the task.
        ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(new WaitCallback(ThreadProc));

        Console.WriteLine("Main thread does some work, then sleeps.");
        // If you comment out the Sleep, the main thread exits before
        // the thread pool task runs.  The thread pool uses background
        // threads, which do not keep the application running.  (This
        // is a simple example of a race condition.)
        Thread.Sleep(1000);

        Console.WriteLine("Main thread exits.");
    }

    // This thread procedure performs the task.
    static void ThreadProc(Object stateInfo) {
        // No state object was passed to QueueUserWorkItem, so 
        // stateInfo is null.
        Console.WriteLine("Hello from the thread pool.");
    }
}

using namespace System;
using namespace System::Threading;
ref class Example
{
public:

   // This thread procedure performs the task.
   static void ThreadProc( Object^ stateInfo )
   {

      // No state object was passed to QueueUserWorkItem, so 
      // stateInfo is 0.
      Console::WriteLine( "Hello from the thread pool." );
   }

};

int main()
{

   // Queue the task.
   ThreadPool::QueueUserWorkItem( gcnew WaitCallback( Example::ThreadProc ) );
   Console::WriteLine( "Main thread does some work, then sleeps." );

   // If you comment out the Sleep, the main thread exits before
   // the thread pool task runs.  The thread pool uses background
   // threads, which do not keep the application running.  (This
   // is a simple example of a race condition.)
   Thread::Sleep( 1000 );
   Console::WriteLine( "Main thread exits." );
   return 0;
}