TPL v/s Reactive Framework

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Published on 2010-03-30T03:46:38Z Indexed on 2010/03/30 3:53 UTC
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When would one choose to use Rx over TPL or are the 2 frameworks orthogonal?

From what I understand Rx is primarily intended to provide an abstraction over events and allow composition but it also allows for providing an abstraction over async operations. using the Createxx overloads and the Fromxxx overloads and cancellation via disposing the IDisposable returned.

TPL also provides an abstraction for operations via Task and cancellation abilities.

My dilemma is when to use which and for what scenarios?

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