How to put a task to sleep (or delay) in C# 4.0?

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Fulproof picture Fulproof · Mar 11, 2013 · Viewed 56k times · Source

There is Task.Delay in .NET 4.5

How can I do the same in .NET 4.0?

Answer

Eli Arbel picture Eli Arbel · Mar 12, 2013

Use the Microsoft.Bcl.Async package from NuGet, it has TaskEx.Delay.

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