I know this is an old thread but I can't help but adding my 2c. IMO, linq is awesome but only for linq to objects or linq to xml. As a replacement for SQL it's not really that useful imo. It just adds an extra unnecessary layer that makes it more difficult to debug and optimise. It's also more difficult to write and makes it very difficult or impossible to use some of the newer features of a database. It usually reduces performance as it can add extra complexity to the underlying sql. If your motivation is to avoid learning sql then just learn sql.

The only place it could be useful is if you want your app to target a number of databases. However it's probably better just to write simple SQL that will work with many DBs.

In reply to Re^3: LINQ/Ambition for Perl? by MikeKulls2
in thread LINQ/Ambition for Perl? by Anonymous Monk

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