ASP.NET 4 Unleashed

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New C# and VB.NET Language Features

To get LINQ to SQL to work, Microsoft had to introduce several new language features to both C# and VB.NET. Many of these features make C# and VB.NET behave more like a dynamic language (think JavaScript). Although the primary motivation for introducing these new features was to support LINQ, the new features are also interesting in their own right.

Note

LINQ was introduced in ASP.NET 3.5. These language features will not work on websites targeting .NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, or 3.0.

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