Extension Methods with Lambda Expressions vs. Comprehensive Query Syntax

Employee[] employees = new Employee[]
{
new Employee{ID=1, Name="The"},
new Employee{ID=2, Name="Foo"}
};

//Employee the = Array.Find(employees, FindThePredicate);
Employee the = Array.Find(employees, e=>e.Name == "The");

Comprehensive Query Syntax

Collection

IEnumerable<Employee> query1 =
from e in employees
where e.Name == "The"
orderby e.ID ascending
select e;

Single Item

Employee query1 =
(from e in employees
where e.Name == "The"
orderby e.ID ascending
select e).First();

Extension Methods with Lambda Expressions

Collection

IEnumerable<Employee> query2 =
employees.Where(e=>e.Name=="The")
.OrderBy(e=>e.ID)
.Select(e=>e);

Single Item

Employee query2 =
employees.Where(e=>e.Name=="The")
.OrderBy(e=>e.ID)
.Select(e=>e)
.First();