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mistermann on July 26, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Weakness of the .NET OSS Ecosystem

> when I can write three lines of code in a version of F# that shipped six years ago and issue SQL-like data gathering queries over everything from Wikipedia to the Department of Labor.

What's the name this technology goes by, and is it possible in C# (regardless of if it's extra lines of code)?

tacos on July 28, 2015 [–]

F# type providers. Quick entry point: http://tomasp.net/blog/fsharp-data.aspx/

It's kinda awesome.

C# provides similar (but somehow less fun) stuff via LINQ providers. Search "LINQ to [noun]" and you'll find plenty of open source code.

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