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"James K. Lowden" <jklowden@speakeasy.net> writes:

[...]

> C++ is sometimes criticized for overloaded operators, but IMO the
> criticism should go the other way, because types exist to be operated
> on. Any language that supports user-defined types but not user-defined
> operators is missing an essential component.

"Operators" are nothing but a weird, traditional (shorthand) infix
notation for applying certain functions to certain arguments. The only
thing they really have going for themselves is that - starting with
elementary school - everybody is forced to learn them.