Oops is a better
way of solving problems in computers compared to the procedural language
programming such as in C. oops is designed around the data being operated upon
as opposed to the operations, these operations are designed to fit data.
A type
of programming in which programmers define not only the data type of a data
structure, but also the types of operations that can be applied to the data
structure. In this way, the data structure becomes an object that includes both
data and functions. In addition, programmers can create relationships between
one object and another. For example, objects can inherit characteristics from
other objects.
One of
the principal advantages of object-oriented programming techniques over
procedural programming techniques is that they enable programmers to create
modules that do not need to be changed when a new type of object is added. A
programmer can simply create a new object that inherits many of its features
from existing objects. This makes object-oriented programs easier to modify.
To
perform object-oriented programming, one needs an object-oriented programming
language such as Java, C++ etc.
The C++
programming language provides a model of memory and computation that closely
matches that of most computers. In addition, it provides powerful and flexible
mechanisms for abstraction; that is, language constructs that allow the
programmer to introduce and use new types of objects that match the concepts of
an application.
Thus, C++ supports styles of programming that rely on fairly direct manipulation of hardware resources to deliver a high degree of efficiency plus higher-level styles of programming that rely on user-defined types to provide a model of data and computation that is closer to a human’s view of the task being performed by a computer. These higher-level styles of programming are often called data abstraction, object-oriented programming, and generic programming.
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