>BTW: LINQ is somewhat similar to VFP's DML (or T-SQL for that matter), but it is also quite different in a lot of ways, because it operates based on objects. This includes data sets, but it also includes a ton of other things. It isn't a complete replacement of the VFP DML (nor is it meant to be), but on the other hand, it has tons of additional features.
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The 'quite different' part is what immediately soured my opinion of what I thought was going to be something VFP-like. I looked at some syntax examples and realized that now we get to learn another quite different way to get data from a table (yes - LINQ apparently gets data from other sources too).

I learned data handling in dBase, FoxBase, FoxPro, VFP, T-SQL, and I'm fighting the curve up to .NET. I had hopes that what I heard about data handling being VFP-like was going to happen, but it looks like LINQ is just another lanquage.

No offense intended by the way - I guess I'm just looking for something that LINQ isn't.