[pjmlp]

> Same goes e.g. for LINQ, which was influenced by SQL instead of LISP-like collection transformation functions.

This was an explicit decision to make functional programming more palatable to mainstream developers.

Have you read the paper from Erik Meijer?

[btschaegg]

It's pretty obvious that this was a conscious decision. And it makes a lot of sense too, if you think of Microsoft's target audience.

But still - if you're used to the functional "default" naming schema (which mostly comes from math, anyway), it's nontheless something that can be a bit irritating (especially since there's also the "inline SQL syntax" you could use alternatively).