Re: WO vs. .Net 3.5 LINQ

On 27/11/2007, at 1:11 PM, Berney Bradley wrote:

> I just saw that .Net 3.5 was released last week with the LINQ  
> (Language Integrated Query) technology.  How does WO stack up when  
> compared to the latest from MS?
>
> I checked the wiki and it seems there is a lack of competitive  
> analysis between WO and other technologies.  Can anyone comment on  
> why someone would choose WO over .Net, in light of the recent LINQ  
> release?  I'm looking for technical reasons, not emotional or  
> political arguments ;-)

 From my cursory glance at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_Integrated_Query

LINQ is an sql-esq language construct for .Net. So you're essentially  
writing sql in your code such as seen on the above page.

WebObject's EOF, on the other hand, abstracts sql from you (unless  
you need it) so you're always dealing with Objects. This document may  
help... 'Working with EOF:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/WebObjects/ 
Enterprise_Objects/index.html

with regards,
--

Lachlan Deck