>>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.
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>How strange :-}
>To me IQueryable was the best thing since sliced bread. You might be able to do everything you need without it. You might be able to do everything you need with OO languages. Doesn't mean it's a good idea :-}

depends a lot on personal expierience, learning and taste as well.
The idea of a common interface - esp. in a Java/C# type of language ;-))
is a nice one in my book as well.
The syntax, which I see as implementation detail, can still be though of as messed up -
I don't see that much benefit in having a special syntax just for [better?] intellisense in SQL-similar statements.
Again corners you too much in MS tools IMO. Which I think is a bad idea, unless Xamarin continues to rock ;-)

regards

thomas