John is posting about a codeplex project called CAML.Net, a .Net interface for creating CAML queries. It seems really promising, and for a lot of people a relief.
"A beta version of the CAML.NET assembly is available now on CodePlex at http://www.codeplex.com/camldotnet. Please feel free to download it - give it a spin - and provide feedback either here or in the discussion forums. The CAML query schema is the first step. Planned future releases will include the other CAML schemas. My goal is simply to make it easier to write CAML code and thereby increase the productivity of SharePoint developers."