>Thomas, despite assertions by some that this discussion was a waste of time, I've learned quite a few things from it. It seems immediately clear to me that Linq has a brilliant future in NET, largely for reasons you describe. Not everybody agrees but I guess that's normal in the rich tapestry of life. ;-) Anyway now I'm into open source, asking similar questions and examining the status quo. What fun.

I just went to the Linq site and read description of the app. From that I can only conclude that Linq is supplying a feature for VB.net and C# that VFP has had all along.