I humbly disagree - in the C# code I can pass an IQueryable and reuse the same code to make an SQL query, or a RavenDB query, or an XML query and it works just the same - there is a unified way to access data in the language.
As for your query:
```
var admins = users.Where(u => u.IsAdmin()).Select(u => u.Name);
var stars = admins.Select(name => name + "*");
```
Like you said, you don't get paid per line feed - it's ok to have multiple lines and you can keep the nice syntax. It's ok to not like complicated code - no one likes complicated code - which is why I don't like for loops - I don't _care_ how something is iterated I just want to map every object.
As for your query:
``` var admins = users.Where(u => u.IsAdmin()).Select(u => u.Name); var stars = admins.Select(name => name + "*"); ```
Like you said, you don't get paid per line feed - it's ok to have multiple lines and you can keep the nice syntax. It's ok to not like complicated code - no one likes complicated code - which is why I don't like for loops - I don't _care_ how something is iterated I just want to map every object.