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// Prints "Enjoy your string!" to the console.

VerySimpleDelegate d = new VerySimpleDelegate( () => {return "Enjoy your string!";} );

Console.WriteLine(d.Invoke());

So hopefully at this point you can see the overall role of lambda expressions and understand

how they provide a “functional manner” to work with anonymous methods and delegate types.

Although the new lambda operator (=>) might take a bit to get used to, always remember a lambda

expression can be broken down to the following simple equation:

ArgumentsToProcess => StatementsToProcessThem

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It is worth pointing out that the LINQ programming model also makes substantial use of

lambda expressions to help simplify your coding efforts. You will examine LINQ beginning in

Chapter 14.