When to use TaskEx.Run vs. TaskEx.RunEx

Question

I\'m trying to understand when to use TaskEx.Run. I have provided two code sample i wrote below that produce the same result. What i fail to see is why i would ta

Answer 1

The difference between your two DoWork() methods is that the first one (that uses TaskEx.RunEx()) is not asynchronous at all. It executes fully synchronously, starts the other task on another thread, and immediately returns a completed Task. If you awaited or Wait()ed on that task, it wouldn't wait until the internal task is completed.