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

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

grauzone wrote:
>> This has happened before. Somehow Java has this penchant for 
>> attracting odd groupies. Pretty much every feature that Java didn't 
>> have was vilified by zealots until adoption, when all of a sudden it 
>> became a brilliant decision.
> 
> D has this too.

Probably a lot of language enthusiasts do this at some point or another. 
For some reason this NIH syndrome is more prevalent in Java communities.

Andrei