Hi Martin,

I've never heard of the "C Omega" project, honestly. That may have been the impetus for LINQ...I really don't know. About the time LINQ was born I was ass-deep in final testing for VFP 9 and was not in those meetings.

As to the rest....I've said all I probably should say.


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>>Fun things to ponder:
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>>- 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.
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>>OK, now I have to wait for another nastygram letter from MS Legal :-O
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>Of course you may know some things from the inside that I don't know, but... Which Fox Team member was involved in the C Omega project? This project has been going on for years in Microsoft Research and it is where LINQ came from.
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>Can you please provide more details on these assertions?
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>Thanks a lot,