It seems that it will add a large amount of capabilities to VB, not so much to C#. What would be the reason for doing that? Is VB destined to become the language for the type of apps we typically work on?



>Mike,
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>The buzz here at the PDC around LINQ is huge!! This is a big deal...it may take some time to sink in... and see some demos. See Rod Paddock's blog for more. There will also be some Channel 9 videos coming, including one with Ken behind the camera interviewing the VB team.
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>>Not really. It is cool to have a query language for data in a variety of formats, but can this technology do anything more for than save me a few lines of code?
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>>This looks like a total waste of time to me.
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>>Let's recapp:
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>>2000: .NET is awesome because its an all-purpose OO platform
>>2005: .NET can now execute data queries without using objects
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>>Amazing!
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>>Not really.
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>>Unless I'm missing something. Anyone?