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> At this point I'm convinced only MS know how to write LINQ providers that won't fall over the moment you try to do something useful with them.

I would argue Revenj + Postgres provide much better developer experience. But as you said, it's not written by Microsoft so that attitude doesn't help it out.

I'm 100% sure Microsoft can't write LINQ provider which actually understands Postgres and can use it to the fullest (as Revenj can).

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The problem with Revenj is that it seems to tied to dsl-platform, which looks like an online service. People would rather to have their compiler tools with them. You don't want your code investments to go 'poof' should the online service fails.

While that's a fair criticism (to have compiler offline), dsl-platform can be licensed for an offline use.

It's not like Revenj needs dsl-platform, but rather that dsl-platform integrates into Revenj.

So to make it blunt, would you try/use Revenj if it had part of dsl-platform compilers available for offline use?

It's a surprise to me that RevenJ can be used without dsl-platform because the readme makes it look like it is dependent on dsl-platform.

Yes, i would try dsl-platform if it's available offline. Online compilers are pretty much deal breakers for me.

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