When I was 11, I learned to code BASIC by reading a programming language manual that came with IBM PCs by writing out programs in a notebook. It was many months

When I was 11, I learned to code BASIC by reading a programming language manual that came with IBM PCs by writing out programs in a notebook. It was many months before I actually touched a real computer (which was a learning experience in itself, but didn't change what I had picked up too much). So definitely possible.