I uninstalled VS2005 RC so I could play around with LINQ. As unbelievable as it sounds, I was able to uninstall the RC, install Beta 2, install the WinFX Beta 1 and SDK, and then install LINQ along with the Visual Studio templates. So here is my first lame app using LINQ...
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Query;
using System.Xml.XLinq;
using System.Data.DLinq;
namespace LINQConsoleApplication1
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string[] words = {"Hello", "Car", "Orange", "World", "Popcorn"};
var helloLinq = from word in words
where word.Length == 5
select word;
foreach(string s in helloLinq)
Console.Write(s + " ");
}
}
}
OK, so that's pretty underwhelming, I know...I'll have more interesting posts after I get SQL 2005 running and create some DLINQ proof-of-concept code in a few days.
