Both the Enumerable.First extension method and the LinkedList<T>.First property can be used to find the first value
in a LinkedList<T>. However, LinkedList<T>.First is much faster than Enumerable.First. For small
collections, the performance difference may be minor, but for large collections, it can be noticeable. The same applies for the Last
property as well.
Applies to:
What is the potential impact?
We measured a significant improvement both in execution time and memory allocation. For more details see the Benchmarks section from
the More info tab.
