Differences between Procedural(POP) and Object Oriented Programming(OOP)
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OOP (Object-Oriented Programming) and POP (Procedural Oriented Programming) are two different programming models or approaches. The Key Difference between OOP and POP is in the below table.

Comparison Chart
- OOP (Object-Oriented Programming) and POP (Procedural Oriented Programming) both have different features and functionalities, here is a comparison of some key features between them.
OOP (Object-Oriented Programming) | POP (Procedural Oriented Programming) |
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Emphasizes objects and their interactions | Emphasizes procedures and functions |
Data is encapsulated within objects | Data is separate from procedures |
Supports inheritance between classes | Does not support inheritance |
Object-oriented programming follows a bottom-up approach. | Procedural programming follows a top-down approach. |
Overloading is possible in object-oriented programming. | In procedural programming, overloading is not possible. |
Examples: C, FORTRAN, Pascal, Basic, etc. | Examples: C++, Java, Python, C#, etc. |