Yes I would too. Over time I have come to appreciate at least being able to control order of operations, just forcing join order is many times enough of hint to

Yes I would too. Over time I have come to appreciate at least being able to control order of operations, just forcing join order is many times enough of hint to keep things working properly. Having used Linq a lot I would actually prefer more of that kind of chained statement approach that is more hands on without having to explicitly loop.