Can you, in C#, write something like Animal woofer = new Dog()? If so, then the typing of the variable and the name of the class being instantiated need to be separated.

Also, in C++, Dog skip doesn't do the same thing as Dog *skip = new Dog(). The first create an object and the second creates a pointer to an object. Very different beast, completely. So, you're kinda comparing apples and tires.

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