Jon Udell posts LINQ 101 : " I've been checking out the LINQ technical preview, and it's definitely an eye-opener. . . " --Scott

eWeek: Borland Plans to Support MS LINQ in Delphi Platform . " Microsoft announced its Language Integrated Query Project earlier this month, and already third parties are talking about extending their technology to support the software giant's heralded...

I had two experiences this week that made me think "It's a small world after all." The first was at PDC last week. We set up a meeting with regional directors (RD's) interested in C#. I arrived a little late, so I missed introductions. During the our...

Today I had a chance to meet with several people who are working on Kids Programming Language (KPL). KPL is a freely downloadable development environment and immersive runtime for helping kids learn to program. If you have kids who are at the "learning...

Here are a few more recent ones: eWeek has a Peter Coffee column: Access to Data No Longer the Weakest LINQ . " Offering PDC attendees more immediate gratification were Microsoft's rollouts of its data access integration technology, LINQ, for managed...

I blogged earlier with some of the early news items and feedback on Language Integrated Query (LINQ). Here are some newer ones: ComputerWorld: .Net creator sees developer future with Linq . " As the man credited with creating .Net, Anders Hejlsberg...

Paul Vick gave a good PDC talk this morning on VB language futures. VB and C# are focused on enabling Language Integrated Query (LINQ) across objects, relational, and XML data, so there is significant overlap in the feature sets. Due to the differences...

I've worked at Microsoft long enough that some of the products I helped deliver are now a bit long in the tooth. As one of the people who helped deliver OLE Automation and Visual Basic for Applications (aka VBA), I was very happy to see today's announcement...

We're getting strong feedback on Language Integrated Query (LINQ), both in-person at PDC and online. Here are some of the online sources I've been reading today: Channel9: customer comments on the Anders Hejlsberg LINQ video. CRN: Gates: Vista...

Today at PDC , we announced and demo'd Language Integrated Query (LINQ). LINQ consists of language extensions to C# and VB, and a unified programming model that extends the .NET Framework to offer integrated querying for objects, databases and XML. ...