When Did People Favor Composition Over Inheritance?
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The post explores the historical shift towards favoring composition over inheritance in software design, sparking a discussion on the nuances of composition, inheritance, and related concepts like lambdas.
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Composition needs more memory per class and object, but is faster at runtime.