I recently noticed that all arrays in C# inherit from the IList interface but you can't really handle an array like a standard list.
Why was this inheritance introduced in .net and C#
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A list and an array are different data structures. It's not clear what you mean. – Candide Sep 01 '14 at 11:05
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1http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11163297/how-do-arrays-in-c-sharp-partially-implement-ilistt – Donal Sep 01 '14 at 11:05
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1Arrays may **implement** `IList`, they do not inherit from it. – Rotem Sep 01 '14 at 11:05
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It is often useful to be able to pass any IList to some algorithm. That algorithm might just care about being able to index into this collection. Many things fulfill this requirement: Arrays, List<T>, many custom collections.
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