> I agree with this sentiment but I also must say that the time’s I’ve needed inheritance have been few and far between.
You never strictly need inheritance, but strict need isn’t the criteria for whether something is a good solution (otherwise the fact that most things in programming can be done multiple ways would mean that almost nothing is ever a good solution, since there is almost always an alternative route to the same result.)
I assume the person didn't mean "need" as in "can't do without it", but instead as in "I can make clearer code with it than with the alternative approaches".
You never strictly need inheritance, but strict need isn’t the criteria for whether something is a good solution (otherwise the fact that most things in programming can be done multiple ways would mean that almost nothing is ever a good solution, since there is almost always an alternative route to the same result.)