OOP and Procedural Programming

Question 1

OOP

Answer 1

a style of programming characterized by the identification of classes of objects closely linked with the methods (functions) with which they are associated. It also includes ideas of inheritance of attributes and methods.

Question 2

Procedural Programming

Answer 2

a programming paradigm built around the idea that programs are sequences of instructions to be executed. They focus heavily on splitting up programs into named sets of instructions called procedures, analogous to functions

Question 3

Advantages of OOP against Procedural

Answer 3

• OOP makes hiding data possible using abstraction whereas you are unable to do this with procedural programming
• More suitable for solving big/complex problems
• Less difficult to add new functions/data

Question 4

Advantages of Procedural against OOP

Answer 4

• ## Avoids the risk of overloading but OOP does not