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Which statement correctly compares the two paradigms?.
- A.Procedural programming focuses on procedures, while object-oriented programming focuses on objects containing data and related operations
- B.Procedural programming cannot use functions, while object-oriented programming must use only functions
- C.Object-oriented programming cannot process data, while procedural programming can
- D.The two paradigms have exactly the same organisation and differ only in programming language
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- Procedural programming focuses on procedures, while object-oriented programming focuses on objects containing data and related operations
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The paradigms differ in how a program is organised: procedures are central to the procedural approach, whereas objects and their associated data and operations are central to the object-oriented approach.
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