下面的代码演示串行和并发执行并累加操作的时间，请分析：下面的代码并发执行一定比串行执行快吗？
public class ConcurrencyTest {
private static f?inal long count = 10000l;
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
concurrency();
serial();
}
private static void concurrency() throws InterruptedException {
long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
Thread thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
int a = 0;
for (long i = 0; i < count; i++) {
a += 5;
}
}
});
thread.start();
int b = 0;
for (long i = 0; i < count; i++) {
b--;
}
long time = System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
thread.join();
System.out.println("concurrency :" + time+"ms,b="+b);
}
private static void serial() {
long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
int a = 0;
for (long i = 0; i < count; i++) {
a += 5;
}
int b = 0;
for (long i = 0; i < count; i++) {
b--;
}
long time = System.currentTimeMillis() - start;
System.out.println("serial:" + time+"ms,b="+b+",a="+a);
}
}
上述问题的答案是“不一定”，测试结果如表1-1所示。
从表1-1可以发现，当并发执行累加操作不超过百万次时，速度会比串行执行累加操作要慢。那么，为什么并发执行的速度会比串行慢呢？这是因为线程有创建和上下文切换的
开销。
