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Grand Central Dispatch (GCD): Summary, Syntax & Best Practices


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From the article:

Apple originally described Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) this way:

  1. Threading is hard
  2. Using GCD makes it simple and fun

Number 1, definitely. Number 2, maybe. Fun? Hrm.

Well, as fun as concurrency programming can get I suppose.  

Relative to threads, it's like Mardi Gras.

Let's see if we can spot the concurrency programmer in this Mardi Gras photo.

mardi gras boobs gif

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