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For the several dozen EA games I worked on, in C++, all operator overloading was banned. Too many fools play dumb tricks with operator overloading, so it was declared illegal. I don't miss it, as it is a fool's tool.

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There is a better word for this.. People who use operator overloading are a bunch of shmucks (Stupid fools), as my Jewish grandfather would say :)

EA should try banning fools instead . There are many other tools that have to be used appropriately, especially in C++.

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