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By mswatcher
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Published: Dec 08 2011 / 08:18

Java: Operator Overloading Considered Challenging
Java has no operator overloading. I always thought that was a shame. For example, BigDecimal would be a lot more popular if you could write a * b instead of a.multiply(b). Why doesn't Java have operator overloading? Well,  C++ has it, and people kept saying that it makes code hard to read. Actually, in C++, you can have a library class vector and write v[i], thanks to operator overloading. In Java, we have unsightly v.get(i) and v.set(i, newValue). Easier to read? I think not.
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Jonathan Fisher replied ago:

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Operating overloading is all around a horrible idea. I'm glad it's difficult for Java and I hope never ever to see it.

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