November 11, 2007 - Don Box's Spoutlet

Don Box's Spoutlet

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  • Query syntax in VB

    One other feature I'm liking in VB is that you can omit the trailing select clause in a query. That is, you can simply say this: From ch In "Hello" Where ch <> "H" which in C# would look like this: from ch in "Hello" where ch != 'H' select ch
  • Lambda in VB

    I'm starting to write more VB code lately. The XML support rocks. More importantly, a huge amount of people who use the technology I work on see it through that lens, so I'd be an idiot not to walk in their shoes as much as possible. I found the lambda...
  • Yes Steve, I've Tried

    Vinoski asks an interesting question : ...how many, if any, dyed-in-the-wool WS advocates ever seriously, honestly, and fairly looked at REST, actually tried it, but then decided it didn’t work and so willingly chose to go back to WS. I wouldn't...
  • Visual Studio 2008 Release Date

    Several people have read too much into my recent post about Orcas . By “thankful for next thursday“ I meant “the one day of the year where folks in the US eat turkey” not “the top-secret day that Microsoft is going to ship...