Why is an Add method required for { } initialization?

Question

To use initialization syntax like this:

var contacts = new ContactList
{
    { \"Dan\", \"dan.tao@email.com\" },
    { \"Eric\", \"ceo@google.com\" }
};
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Answer 1

Not an answer, strictly speaking, but if you want to know what sort of things influenced the design of collection initialisers then you'll probably find this interesting:

• What is a collection? [straight from the Horse's mouth Mads Torgersen]