title: Performance of Linq to Entities vs ESQL
body: <p><strong>When using the Entity Framework, does ESQL perform better than Linq to Entities?</strong> </p>
  
  <p>I'd prefer to use Linq to Entities (mainly because of the strong-type checking), but some of my other team members are citing performance as a reason to use ESQL. I would like to get a full idea of the pro's/con's of using either method.</p>