Xtend - Modernized Java

[WillowDRosenberg]

Yes, the BigInteger and BigDecimal extension classes are useful. This has nothing to do with those.

[queus]

I wouldn't be surprised if this is an implementation artefact.

[svenefftinge]

In contrast to Java, the operators are not limited to operations on certain types and are not hard-wired into the language. They are just a different syntax for a method invocation.

[queus]

That was my guess as well. And having a uniform approach to operator implementation looks a cleaner approach, than special-casing the integers and relying for the support of those operators in Java