Fun things to ponder:
- Most, if not all, of early LINQ coding and design was done by Fox Team members.
- The original project name was "Zorro" ... Spanish for "Fox"
- Originally, the C# team wanted nothing to do with this approach and now they appear to own it. Go figure.
OK, now I have to wait for another nastygram letter from MS Legal :-O
>Hello all
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>One of the big new features in the next version of the .NET languages is the Language Integrated Query or LINQ. I am sure others have thought here how funny this is. THis is being touted as a major new feature that will make data access so much easier. Like so many other things in VS, this has been in VFP for ever! The ability to write SQL commands in your code, WOW! That is so cool! Oh, yeah, but Fox was based on that premise from day one.
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>I know LINQ can also query other data structures (XML, arrays) but still...
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>For developers who never used VFP, it will look like magic.
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>Harold
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05