This is the first in what I think will be a series of discussions relating to C#. I am immersed in learning it and know others are as well. Or already have, or are thinking about it. Generics and interfaces are a couple of topics I have in mind after I get a question that has been bugging me for a while out of my system. The answer is probably blindingly obvious to someone who already knows C#.

Here is my question. When you instantiate an object, you do it like this:

Circle cir = New Circle();

Why does the class name occur twice? Why isn't the Circle() on the right sufficient to define the type of object being created?

i.e. Why isn't it? ---

cir = New Circle();