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Understanding LINQ’s Shift from Imperative to Declarative Program
Learn about LINQ expressions, LINQ’s declarative approach streamlines tasks and improves code efficiency.
The first question we need to answer is fundamental: why LINQ?
Comparing imperative and declarative language features
LINQ was introduced in 2008 with C# 3.0 and .NET Framework 3.0. Before that, if a C# and .NET programmer wanted to process a sequence of items, they had to use procedural, also known as imperative, code statements. For example, a loop: ...