---
title: "Good example of asynchronous delegates at work"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/8/22/good-example-of-asynchronous-delegates-at-work.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/8/22/good-example-of-asynchronous-delegates-at-work.html"
published: "2003-08-22T20:04:00"
updated: "2003-08-22T20:04:00"
tags: [".Net Quotations"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Grant Killian shows a very simple and informative example of asynchronous delegates using VB.Net. A good read if you never really “got” why they're so useful."
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Good example of asynchronous delegates at work

By Roy Osherove August 22, 2003 In [.Net Quotations](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-quotations)

**Historical article** · Originally published August 22, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

[Grant Killian shows a very simple and informative example](http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/grant.killian/posts/1206.aspx) of asynchronous delegates using VB.Net. A good read if you never really “got” why they're so useful.

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