Pronouncing Lambda Expressions
One of the questions I've had about the new lambda expression syntax in C# 3.0 is how to pronounce it when reading code. (If you are wondering what lambda expressions are, Scott Guthrie has recently written a good introduction.) I've been using "begets" as a humorous interim term! Eric White, the XLink technical writer at Microsoft, in his post on lambda expressions suggests "such that" for predicate lambda expressions. He says that some people use "goes to" in general. Hey, I guess begets isn't that bad after all!
If your interested in the history of Lambda expressions and the evolution of C# 3.0, The June 2007 issue of MSDN Magazine has a nice article that explains how the LINQ project influenced the development of lambda expressions and other features. If you want the inside track, read Matt Warren's posting IQueryable's Deep Dark Secret.