WHy C#net doesnot support Mul.inheritance?

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Why C#.net does not support multiple inheritance?why it can support by interface?why not by class?

Posted 19-Jul-09 6:52am

Ali_100

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Because the designers decided they'd cripple the language in the interests of making it "safer". X|

Implementing an interface is unrelated to inheritence.

Posted 19-Jul-09 7:05am

PIEBALDconsult

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Uri Lavi · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-19T08:15:00

C# and Java languages don't support multiple inheritance because of the diamond problem[^].

Here is the short summary:

The diamond problem is an ambiguity that arises when two classes B and C inherit from A, and class D inherits from both B and C. If a method in D calls a method defined in A (and does not override the method), and B and C have overridden that method differently, then from which class does it inherit: B, or C?