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Why do we need to overload operators?

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Because you can write clearer and more concise code if you overload operators so that they can be used on objects. For example, you might want to overload + so that you can write

object1 + object2

instead of creatinig an Add method which would look like

object1.Add(object2)

The first form is clearer and makes more sense conceptually.

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