Re:SQL Fiddle
by jka on Thursday October 10, 2013 @01:04AM
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To clarify: it was the SQL, not LINQ, language syntax (field selection prior to relation selection) that I was referring to as a potential weakness (but only once considered in the light of developer tools).
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Absolutely. The "get something from somewhere" syntax that SQL employs is completely at odds with it being declarative. LINQ simply does a better job of capturing the abstractions of relational algebra cleanly.
Not that it really matters to someone who is already familiar with SQL, however.