Sure, but "favor x over y" or, put another way, "use y only if x is unsuitable" ...

		strix_varius 63 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When did people favor composition over inheritance... Sure, but "favor x over y" or, put another way, "use y only if x is unsuitable" is compatible with this. Nothing in "prefer composition over inheritance" says that composition is the only correct way.

No, but I often see folks use it as a bludgeon for dogma.