In this video interview, Anders Hejlsberg, the chief architect of C#, describes features in the next release of C#, code named Orcas. Anders first describes how LINQ solves the impedance mismatch between the code that lives on a database server and the...

Welcome to the nineteenth Community Convergence. I'm Charlie Calvert, the C# Community PM, and this is where I publish information about the C# community and the C# development team. We have a new video by C# compiler maven Wes Dyer. Wes works with us...

Delegates This post provides introductory information on using delegates. It is the first in a three or four part series that will cover: Delegates Anonymous Delegates Anonymous Delegates that use generics Lambdas. The overall goal...

On the Developer Center there is a new article by Bill Wagner about Custom Iterators and the Yield statement. Bill is one of the most skilled technical writers in the industry. His excellent book Effective C# , topped the Amazon technical book list when...

Welcome to the eighteenth issue of Community Convergence. I'm Charlie Calvert, the C# Community PM, and this is where I publish information about the C# community and the C# development team. The big news this week is the release of the January Orcas...

The January Orcas CTP went out last night about 8:30 Pacific time. It is available both as a regular install , and on a virtual machine . I have not had a chance to install it yet, so I can't give too many details of exactly what is available. However...

Welcome to the XVII Community Convergence. This post is dedicated to Steve Teixeira's Granddad, who died over the Christmas holidays. Steve and his Granddad were very close, and this loss has been hard on him. Share a virtual lunch with Bill Gates, Scoble...

I've been thinking this week about the impact that LINQ will have on the development world. If LINQ succeeds, it will change the way we think about programming. The team's ambitions for LINQ are large. As the community PM for C#, my job is fairly obvious...