What is LINQ to events a.k.a RX Framework?

Question

What is LINQ to events a.k.a RX Framework aka the Reactive Extensions in .NET 4.0 (but also available as backported versions)?

In other words, what

Answer 1

You can read more about it here: http://themechanicalbride.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-rx-linq-to-events.html

My first exposure was on this blog, as I am reading his book on F#: http://tomasp.net/articles/reactive-ii-csevents.aspx

Basically my understanding of it is that when you write an event handler for mouse movements, for example, you may want to continuously capture these events, and perhaps be able to count how many movements or clicks, but, basically, you want to use that information in more ways than just as an event handler. So, just treat the events as a continuous stream.