Inheritance is not a design methodology, it’s a tool. As a tool it does not “view the world”, unless it’s meant in the sense that when you only have a hammer, e

Inheritance is not a design methodology, it’s a tool. As a tool it does not “view the world”, unless it’s meant in the sense that when you only have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail to you. When you only have inheritance in your toolbox, things are going to end badly indeed. But that does not mean that inheritance is a bad tool.