>>>>>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();
>>>>
>>>>Just a language design choice. If allowed it would be the equivalent of ' var cir = new Circle(); '
>>>>Regards,
>>>>Viv
>>>
>>>But why would they make such a design choice? It truly seems redundant to me, just extra typing.
>>>
>>>Tautology tt = New Tautology();
>>
>>Maybe the syntax was just for consistency. In some cases you might want to treat the object as a parent class or asan interface that it implements. e.g:
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>>ParentClass p = new ChildClass();
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>I don't understand that at all -- instantiating a parent object based on a derived child class?

It's the other way around. You're instantiating the child class but it only exposes the properties and methods of the parent class.
Regards,
Viv