Sometimes the best function for the job is a free-standing function, e.g. parse(Grammar, Input). I was leaning this way when I read some quotes from Bjarne Stro

Sometimes the best function for the job is a free-standing function, e.g. parse(Grammar, Input). I was leaning this way when I read some quotes from Bjarne Stroustrup which touched on the subject. Here is a link to his personal FAQ which sums it up. http://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html#oop http://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html#oop