From Java to C#: A Developer's Guide

Chapter 22. Operator overloading

Operator overloading is a feature of C++, which has (unfortunately or fortunately ^[1]) been removed from Java. What you can do with operator overloading can be performed with common methods – in fact you define an operator overload using a method itself. Hence, I will not classify operator overloading as an important or essential feature of C#, but rather one which gives good developers more choice and flexibility.

^[1] It is unfortunate because operator overloading is a convenient feature which makes programming more elegant. It is fortunate because since it is not an important feature – you can duplicate operator overloading functionality using normal methods – not including it in Java makes it an easier language ...