Ah, I see. No, I learned programming eons ago with a "Logic of Programming" course at my local community college where the book in question made heavy reference

Ah, I see. No, I learned programming eons ago with a "Logic of Programming" course at my local community college where the book in question made heavy reference to mainframe programming and came with a stencil for flowcharts. There was no actual coding involved when learning the concepts, just tediously produced flowcharts and ample use of a sketch pad / eraser. Kids these days would be better off learning in a similar fashion.