And so I add a new category to my blog...titled: what the? Because sometimes, you just have to ask the question...WHY?

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One of the main draws of the .NET Framework is that regardless of language preference, we can all share a common object model to access core features. So why did I just waste 5 minutes hunting down how to get the thread ID using VB.NET? Because instead of using GetHashCode() which I'm accustomed to in C#, I have to use the oh-so-convenient AppDomain object's GetCurrentThreadId() method. I mean seriously, it is not even available from the Thread object?

Granted, Thread.ThreadID might have been a nice property, to replace GetHashCode(), but what's good for the goose...oh, I get it...this:
AppDomain.GetCurrentThreadId()

Is much easier to understand than:
Thread.CurrentThread.GetHashCode()

That is, if you can find it...
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