Why Java Doesn't Need Operator Overloading (and Very Few Languages Do, Really)

[Paul D. Anderson]

bearophile Wrote:

> Paul D. Anderson:
> 
> Having some operator overload is good if you write some numerical/scientific code. Try working with bignumbers or vectors in Java, and you will see how quickly some otherwise simple expressions become an unreadable mess.
> 
> Bye,
> bearophile

I agree -- that's what I was (sarcastically) trying to point out. I wrote a very large (for one person) application in Java using BigDecimal and I was ready to spit bullets before it was done.

Paul