dotnet myservices: Hi,
i have an operation which i need to do every x minutes.
i thought about 2 options:

the first is to do a loop, in the loop do the operation and then sleep
for x minutes.

the second option is to create a timer with a callback function so
that the function will be called every x minutes.

which option is bettr ?

I've done it both ways and see no clear generic advantage.
With the callback, if there is any chance you can not complete
processing in x minutes, then you run a risk of multiple threads
executing, but then you get more regular event triggering, whereas with
the sleep it occurs x minutes + y minutes where y is the amount of time
to process. Got a coin to flip?

Lee

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