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title: "Pros and cons of LINQ."  
description: "Pros and cons of LINQ."  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2018-04-11  
updated: 2020-09-23  
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category: "linq"  
tags: ["linq"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Pros and cons of LINQ.

## Pros of LINQ:

- Supports type safety

- Supports abstraction and hence allows developers to extend features such as multi threading.

- Easier to deploy

- Simpler and easier to learn

- Allows for debugging through .NET debugger.

- Support for multiple databases

## Cons of LINQ:

- It needs to process the complete query, which might have a performance impact in case of complex queries

- LINQ is generic, whereas stored procedures etc can take full advantage of database features.

- If there has been a change, the assembly needs to be recompiled and redeployed.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

## Pros of LINQ:

- Supports type safety

- Supports abstraction and hence allows developers to extend features such as multi threading.

- Easier to deploy

- Simpler and easier to learn

- Allows for debugging through .NET debugger.

- Support for multiple databases

## Cons of LINQ:

- It needs to process the complete query, which might have a performance impact in case of complex queries

- LINQ is generic, whereas stored procedures etc can take full advantage of database features.

- If there has been a change, the assembly needs to be recompiled and redeployed.


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