RE: WO vs. .Net 3.5 LINQ

Lachlan,

Although a bit dated now I thought this was one of the best most
unbiased comparisons of WO with another technology.
http://www.cs.rit.edu:8080/ms/static/ats/2003/3/ama7461/index.html

Regards,
Ricardy

On Monday Nov 26, 2007 10:22 PM, at 10:22 PM, Lachlan Deck wrote:

> 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/i
ndex.html
>
> with regards,
> --
>
> Lachlan Deck
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