>Have you seen LINQ?
>
>> data manipulation language will come soon after

I have to admit that after doing C# apps for several years, I've come to abhor LINQ and I never, ever use it.
I tried, folks, I really tried, but I just hate that obfuscated syntax!
It's just not the way I think about things, it appears, because it looks weird when I see it. In fact, it's so weird that it's almost painful for me to read when I have to try to decipher someone else's code.
Since I've been able to accomplish everything I've wanted to do without it, I don't seem to have missed much.