> My whole point is that SQL is not any more "native" than LINQ. The database takes SQL and computes an execution plan in its own internal representation. This

> My whole point is that SQL is not any more "native" than LINQ. The database takes SQL and computes an execution plan in its own internal representation. This can look totally different from the SQL as the other commentator pointed out. SQL does not in any way correspond to the "native" way the data is stored or how query results are computed. Yes please point a reference to me to a database that speaks LINQ or how LINQ directly generates to an execution plan (I admit I haven't touched MS SQL Server in some time). In theory you are right but not in reality. To give another analog you still have to know Javascript to know TypeScript or Coffeescript (or whatever else in vogue) because WASM isn't a reality yet.