That's how I saw it too, much closer to set theory and relational algebra. Besides... when I write SQL I write it thus: SELECT * FROM BLAH Then refine to:

That's how I saw it too, much closer to set theory and relational algebra. Besides... when I write SQL I write it thus: SELECT * FROM BLAH Then refine to: SELECT * FROM BLAH WHERE FOO Before finally adding: SELECT COL1, COL2 FROM BLAH WHERE FOO Linq matches the way I construct SQL by putting it into the order I logically think of it: FROM BLAH WHERE FOO SELECT COL1, COL2