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Community Convergence XXIX

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 22:38:59 GMT

There are several good new blogs from members of the Microsoft C# team. Nevertheless, the most important items in this edition of Community Convergence are Rico Mariani's series of articles on LINQ to SQL performance.

Draft of C# Specification for Review

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:01:02 GMT

The CSharp Language Specification Version 3.0 is now available for review. This specification pulls together information from the CSharp 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 specifications into a single unified document.

The Least You Need to Know about C# 3.0 (Beta 2 Edition)

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 08:46:02 GMT

A lot of people (myself included) have written about LINQ in the next version of C#. LINQ is indeed an empowering technology. However, even without LINQ, C# 3.0 would be a compelling upgrade. Now that Beta2 is publicly available, here's my personal list of the most useful features in the next release.

LINQ to SQL Performance Numbers Coming Soon

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 10:05:01 GMT

Rico Mariani, one of the architects responsible for LINQ to SQL performance, blogs about getting LINQ to SQL down to the metal.

Why Symmetric Multicore is a Dead End

Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:53:26 GMT

For the algorithms that can't run in parallel, having eight cores is like trying to get your Christmas shopping done faster by strapping eight Ferraris together and driving them from store to store. Eventually you'll give up and just use the one with the most gas in the tank.

The True Story Behind LINQ to SQL

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:01:01 GMT

An architect's story of how LINQ to SQL came to be. "For the sake of LINQ and the customer in general, we took up the OR/M torch officially, announcing our intention internally and starting the political nightmare that became my life for the next three years."

Evolution of a C# Query-Step by step from C# 1.1 to LINQ

Sat, 26 May 2007 21:31:01 GMT

This article takes you step-by-step from C# 1.1 to LINQ.

Leaky Functions\Barrel of Bugs

Sat, 26 May 2007 22:16:01 GMT

Create higher quality code with immutable classes.

Dealing with Linq's Immutable Expression Trees

Thu, 24 May 2007 08:37:45 GMT

Show's how to effectively deal with Linq's Immutable Expression trees using chain-of-responsibility.