I couldn't disagree more that thinking harder about where things belong is a benefit of OOP: it's an entirely unnecessary tax caused by the requirement to wrap

I couldn't disagree more that thinking harder about where things belong is a benefit of OOP: it's an entirely unnecessary tax caused by the requirement to wrap every symbol in a class. Another aspect of this is unnecessary effort expended on deciding if A.operateson(B) or B.operateson(A). Sometimes, you want to Operate(A, B). If your language doesn't allow that, you end up with operator.Operate(A, B). Classes are not always the best organizational tool.