Just what is a "Model" supposed to be in CI?

[eluser]überfuzz[/eluser]
First of all, 'OOP' isn't the solution to everything, when it comes to the web. In some cases, maybe even most cases your website is doing just dandy with ordinary code, or what you would like to call it. If you want to get a grip on objects I suggest that you try to build something where you'll really need object. (Or that is it could be done without object orientated programs but objects will make it much easier.)

I programmed a planetary system during my education. See if you can spot any objects there, take a wild guess. ;-P I seem to recall that a tricky part was programming the movement, that would be, translating the function into java, c++, php or what have you.