Chapter 3. The Essence of LINQ
Now that you’ve seen several practical examples of LINQ’s syntax, it is time to view the technology from a more theoretical perspective. This chapter covers the seven foundations on which an understanding of LINQ can be built. LINQ is
• Integrated
• Unitive
• Extensible
• Declarative
• Hierarchical
• Composable
• Transformative
These ideas may sound esoteric at first, but I believe you will find them quite easy to understand. LINQ has a fundamental simplicity and elegance. In this chapter and the next, we explore LINQ’s architecture, giving you a chance to understand how it was built and why it was built that way. This chapter explains goals that LINQ aims to achieve. The next chapter explains each of the pieces ...
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