[dmux]

>There seems to be a common fixation on objects "modeling the real world" with the counter argument for classes being that they don't model the real world.

I'm not sure why this is the case. Just the other day someone posted a link to a video about Abstract Algebra. In the video they defined "groups" that (to me) are synonymous with Classes in OOP.

[lacampbell]

My first exposure to abstract algebra is ultimately what made me become a programmer. I had dabbled with it before, and even done the first year papers, but none of it really stuck with me. After reading about algebraic structures it all started to make sense.