Further Notes

Difference Between Visual Lambda and Lambda Expression Support in C# .Net 3.0+

In C# .Net 3.0 Microsoft added Lambda expression. Visual Lambda is quite different than the Lambda feature in new C# language.

• Microsoft Lambda Expression in C# adds Lambda expression in C# language grammer, while Visual Lambda is a graphical programming language tool.
• Lambda expression support is only available in .Net 3.0+, while Visual Lambda is implemented in .Net 2.0+.

In my opinion, the Lambda feature in .Net 3.0 adds very little value to the language. Visual Lambda is a visualized programming tool. Though they both share very similar concept. The philosophy behind are quite different.

Currently Visual Lambda is implemented in .Net 2.0. We may consider using C# 3.0+ features to implement it in the future. But again, that should make no difference to end users. They should not notice any difference in the concept and the system design of Visual Lambda any way.