What are the benefits of EF4 or LINQ to SQL?

Question

What are the benefits of EF4 and under what circumstances is LINQ to SQL preferable?

Answer 1

LINQ to SQL will no longer evolve in the future. Thus, EF is the way to the future.

Entity Framework vs LINQ to SQL (this should explain what you want to know)

Answer 2

Well, two main differences:

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

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One of the great things about EF is its ease of use with WCF data services. Very handy if you are developing a website that needs to have a RESTful API.

In addition, although Linq to SQL is quite mature, it is truly a dying technology. It will not receive any significant updates, making it difficult to commit Linq To SQL for a new project.