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Why doesn’t Java offer operator overloading?

Coming from C++ to Java, the obvious unanswered question is why didn’t Java include operator overloading? Isn’t Complex a, b, c; a = b + c; much simpler than Complex a, b, c; a = b.add(c);? Is there a known reason for this, valid arguments for not allowing operator overloading? Is the reason arbit…