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Would you elaborate on the weaknesses of LINQ you mentioned?

• jka 13y ago
  To clarify: it was the SQL, not LINQ, language syntax (field selection prior to relation selection) that I was referring to as a potential weakness (but only once considered in the light of developer tools).
  • siddboots 13y ago
    Absolutely. The "get something from somewhere" syntax that SQL employs is completely at odds with it being declarative. LINQ simply does a better job of capturing the abstractions of relational algebra cleanly. Not that it really matters to someone who is already familiar with SQL, however.
• maaaats 13y ago
  SQL has the weakness, not LINQ. In LINQ, you do "FROM x SELECT y". So the editor can help you autocomplete the y, since it knows the context. In SQL, you do "SELECT y FROM x". Thus the editor cannot help you with y.
  • smsm42 13y ago
    Excellent point. I guess when SQL was designed not many autocompleting IDEs were around though...