C#'s greatest mistakes

Roman Ivanov isroman.DEL at ETE.km.ru
Sun Nov 28 13:35:52 PST 2010


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.


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