Is there something similar to LINQ in Objective-C?

Person.Select(@"Name").OrderAsc(@"Name").Where(@"Id").EqualTo(1).And(@"Id").NotEqualTo(2).Load<Array>

NSFetchRequest *request = [[[NSFetchRequest alloc] init] autorelease];
NSEntityDescription *entity = [NSEntityDescription entityForName:@"Employee"
        inManagedObjectContext:managedObjectContext];
[request setEntity:entity];
// assume salaryLimit defined as an NSNumber variable
NSPredicate *predicate = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:
    	@"salary > %@", salaryLimit];
[request setPredicate:predicate];
NSError *error = nil;
NSArray *array = [managedObjectContext executeFetchRequest:request error:&error];

NSArray *people = /* array of people objects */

NSPredicate *pred = [NSPredicate predicateWithFormat:@"Id = 1 AND Id != 2"];
NSSortDescriptor *byName = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:@"Name" ascending:YES];
NSArray *descriptors = [NSArray arrayWithObject:[byName autorelease]];

NSArray *matches = [people filteredArrayUsingPredicate:pred];
NSArray *sortedMatches = [matches sortedArrayUsingDescriptors:descriptors];

NSArray *justNames = [sortedMatches valueForKey:@"Name"];