Are abstraction and encapsulation concepts not in C?

[hitesh_public]

Hello friends,

We always hear that abstraction and encapsulation concepts are two properties of object oriented programming languages, but if we talk about C, then a function is able to hide complexity. Is this not abstraction? We just need function's name to use it and not the implementation details.

About encapsulation I am more sure that it is not in procedural languages as it is the binding of code and data. Nevertheless I will like to discuss about it too.

Thanks

[JosAH]

Hello friends,

We always hear that abstraction and encapsulation concepts are two properties of object oriented programming languages, but if we talk about C, then a function is able to hide complexity. Is this not abstraction? We just need function's name to use it and not the implementation details.

About encapsulation I am more sure that it is not in procedural languages as it is the binding of code and data. Nevertheless I will like to discuss about it too.

Thanks

Yes, functions are a form of abstraction; using opaque structs is a form of data hiding and C uses it all the time. The OO religion just tries to make it its own concepts but C already has them ;-)

kind regards,

Jos