Asp.net 3.5 still uses 2.0 compiler, so we just drop 3.5 dll's and it works?

Question

Is it true that asp.net 3.5 still uses the 2.0 compiler, and because of this, we can use 3.5 features on a server that only supports asp.net 2.0 as long as we drop the required .dll's into /bin?

In my case I need to use linqtosql on a server that only supports asp.net 2.0. (Client's decision, can't change this).

Answer 1

In principal, you can, although you won't be able to use the new language features (the var keyword, extension methods, etc) in the ASPX and code-behind files. (These require the C# 3.0 compiler)