Can we instantiate an abstract class?

Question

During one of my interview, I was asked \"If we can instantiate an abstract class?\"

My reply was \"No. we can\'t\". But, interviewer told me \"Wrong, we can.\"

Answer 1

= my() {}; means that there's an anonymous implementation, not simple instantiation of an object, which should have been : = my(). You can never instantiate an abstract class.