Why can't we create an instance of an abstract class?

Question

I found in many places that :

• An Abstract Class is a class which is supposed to be used as a base class.
• An Abstract Class is a class which has atleas

Answer 1

The reason an abstract class cannot be instantiated is: what do you do if you execute the pure virtual function? That would be a serious error, and it's better to catch that at compile-time than at runtime.