On 11/28/2010 1:25 PM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: > Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> I haven't actually used LINQ, but I've never understood the >> appeal of it versus an object API that gets rid of SQL in >> user code entirely. > > I'm on the other side... why bother getting rid of SQL at all? > Well, I can see the appeal, but I've never seen a system that > lived up to the promises. Avoiding writing SQL tends to be > more trouble than it's worth if you ask me.
The trouble is that people try to get rid of SQL in their code, while using SQL-driven databases. The resulting systems are still limited by SQL, because in the end that's what gets run.
