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Linq has nothing to do with SQL or enumerable lists

There seems to be quite a lot of misunderstanding of Linq. I am not sure how widespread this misunderstanding is, but if I can be persuaded that my selection sample extrapolates accurately, I might consider expanding on this fact:

Linq has nothing to do with SQL or enumerable lists. Nothing and also, not a single thing.

If this is contentious, please let me know and I will endeavour to do something about it (I already have, so I’ll just refer on to begin with).

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2 Responses to “Linq has nothing to do with SQL or enumerable lists”

  1. Ricky Clarkson Says:
    February 19th, 2010 at 8:51 pm

    Hi Tony..

    LINQ has nothing to do with SQL or enumerable lists, but the .NET namespace System.Linq has everything to do with enumerable lists. That’s a good source of confusion.

  2. Tony Morris Says:
    February 19th, 2010 at 10:23 pm

    G’day Ricky,
    That’s a very good point and is probably a reason this misunderstanding seems disproportionate.

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