Why does C# not allow const and static on the same line?

Question

Why does C# not allow const and static on the same line? In Java, you must declare a field as \'static\' and \'final\' to act as a constant. Why does C# not let you declare co

Answer 1

Because allowing and not requiring modifiers that are inherent can cause confusion. If you see

static const int A = 3
const int B = 5

you may believe that they are 2 different kinds of constants.
Even VB 2008 (which can be very verbose if you wish) doesn't allow that.