I saw Julie Lerhman use linq to join a sql table to an Outlook contacts collection. She started out in FoxPro long ago and mentioned that it made her think of FoxPro. The thing that caught my eye was the Linq for XML and being able to use SQL like syntax to query XML instead of XPATH.

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E.R.

>>FWIW,
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>>http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/12/18/visual_studio_2008_review/page3.html
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>First off, I think .NET are excellent languages, and will be more in the future. But...
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>reminiscent of dBase and FoxPro, except that LINQ is more flexible because it can target arbitrary data sources, such as an XML document, or any enumerable .NET object.
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>I also believe the author should not be comparing it the FoxPro in this way. Do they have the experience with FoxPro to make the comparison?
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>With my Query tool, (Download #31868) I can query against 41 different source of data using the standard SQL language. When they can query a SQL Server table and join it with a Array and output it to a Collection, then I will truly be impressed.
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>SET RANT OFF