parent of all classes is "Object" class not "Class" class

I wonder: why is the parent of every class the 'Object' class? Why not "Class" class be the parent of all user defined classes?
[136 byte] By [ritu_jainna] at [2007-11-27 9:24:35]
# 1
Or, better yet, why didn't they make it "Banana"? Honestly, what's with all these seriously irrelevant questions today?
georgemca at 2007-7-12 22:20:34 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 2

> I wonder: why is the parent of every class the

> 'Object' class? Why not "Class" class be the parent

> of all user defined classes?

[ _ ] You understood inheritance.

Is every instance you might hold in a reference an object?

Is every instance you might hold in a reference a class?

See?

CeciNEstPasUnProgrammeura at 2007-7-12 22:20:34 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...
# 3
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aniseeda at 2007-7-12 22:20:34 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,New To Java...