C# virtual static method

Question

Why is static virtual impossible? Is C# dependent or just don\'t have any sense in the OO world?

I know the concept has already been underlined but I did not find a

Answer 1

Eric Lippert has a blog post about this, and as usual with his posts, he covers the subject in great depth:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2007/06/14/calling-static-methods-on-type-parameters-is-illegal-part-one.aspx

“virtual” and “static” are opposites! “virtual” means “determine the method to be called based on run time type information”, and “static” means “determine the method to be called solely based on compile time static analysis”