Procedure Oriented Programming

Object Oriented Programming

Divided Into

In POP, program is divided into small parts called functions.

In OOP, program is divided into parts called objects.

Importance

In POP,Importance is not given to data but to functions as well as sequence of actions to be done.

In OOP, Importance is given to the data rather than procedures or functions because it works as a real world.

Approach

POP follows Top Down approach.

OOP follows Bottom Up approach.

Access Specifiers

POP does not have any access specifier.

OOP has access specifiers named Public, Private, Protected, etc.

Data Moving

In POP, Data can move freely from function to function in the system.

In OOP, objects can move and communicate with each other through member functions.

Expansion

To add new data and function in POP is not so easy.

OOP provides an easy way to add new data and function.

Data Access

In POP, Most function uses Global data for sharing that can be accessed freely from function to function in the system.

In OOP, data can not move easily from function to function,it can be kept public or private so we can control the access of data.

Data Hiding

POP does not have any proper way for hiding data so it is less secure.

OOP provides Data Hiding so provides more security.

Overloading

In POP, Overloading is not possible.

In OOP, overloading is possible in the form of Function Overloading and Operator Overloading.

Examples

Example of POP are : C, VB, FORTRAN, Pascal.

Example of OOP are : C++, JAVA, VB.NET, C#.NET.