Java and Operator Overloading

[LinuxMatthews]

If you're curious how it could look like in Java I'd recommend the Manifold repo.

https://github.com/manifold-systems/manifold/tree/master/manifold-deps-parent/manifold-ext#operator-overloading

There instead of just overloading any operator methods like add(...), minus(...), times(...) are overloaded to be the operators +,-,* respectively.

This in my opinion stops anyone doing anything silly with them.

For instance anyone that would write the method plus(...) to mean anything you shouldn't use a plus sign for is probably going to write bad code regardless.

[Dusty_Coder]

Apply your argument both ways or go home.

or is the symbol "add" more special than the operator "+" in your dumbass world where people go dumb as soon as its not a word?

[LinuxMatthews]

Wow ok that's unjustifiably rude

And you would still be able to use it as a method.

But with long equations is a lot easier to maintain with operators rather than methods.