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zak_mc_kracken | karma 1315 | avg karma 2.43 · 2014-07-06 15:59:18+00:00

We've known this since at least 1994, when the GoF book [1] famously said:

"Favor object composition over class inheritance"

[1] http://www.amazon.com/Design-Patterns-Elements-Reusable-Obje...

drumdance | karma 1815 | avg karma 1.82 · 2014-07-06 11:19:24

Ha, that's one of the few things I remember from that book. (Not knocking the book, just my poor memory.) I remember it being a big "a ha!" for a project I was working on.