> i am thinking of using LINQ in my next project (my use only) and am
> looking for feedback.
>
> 1/ how usefull is it in practice?
> 2/ how robust is the current beta?
> 3/ what is the performance like?
> 4/ any other comments on it?
> cheers
>
> guy
>

"Jim Wooley" wrote:

> It is only a CTP at this point. It has not yet achieved beta status and there
> is no GoLive for it at this point. I would be surprised if it is out in the
> next 12 months in final release, so whether you decide to use it in a production
> application depends on when you plan to deploy.
>
> If this is just for something for you to use but not to deploy externally,
> that is fine. There are minor glitches in it at the moment. Also, be aware
> that the syntax is still in a state of flux so what you write with the current
> version may not be supported in future drops.
>
> I have purposely not done performance tests on it as it is still early in
> the development cycle. From an end user perspective, it seems rather fast
> and may actually out perform reflection based systems since the in memory
> querying is done via delegates rather than reflection.
>
> I recommend you check out the MSN LINQ forum for plenty of discussion (http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=123&SiteID=1).
>
>
> Jim Wooley
> http://devauthority.com/blogs/jwooley/default.aspx
> My LINQ blog: http://devauthority.com/blogs/jwooley/archive/category/1150.aspx
>
> > i am thinking of using LINQ in my next project (my use only) and am
> > looking for feedback.
> >
> > 1/ how usefull is it in practice?
> > 2/ how robust is the current beta?
> > 3/ what is the performance like?
> > 4/ any other comments on it?
> > cheers
> >
> > guy
> >
>
>
>