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		JauntyHatAngle on April 11, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: If Inheritance is so bad, why does everyone use it... Like almost anything in IT, if you are good at using a hammer, you treat everything like a nail.

chii on April 11, 2024 [–]

if you're good at using a hammer, the nail will be hammered in perfectly and without faults.

The only problem is if you're bad at using the hammer, and you only know how to use a hammer.

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