Can't operator == be applied to generic types in C#?

Question

According to the documentation of the == operator in MSDN,

For predefined value types, the equality operator (==) returns true if th

Answer 1

So many answers, and not a single one explains the WHY? (which Giovanni explicitly asked)...

.NET generics do not act like C++ templates. In C++ templates, overload resolution occurs after the actual template parameters are known.

In .NET generics (including C#), overload resolution occurs without knowing the actual generic parameters. The only information the compiler can use to choose the function to call comes from type constraints on the generic parameters.