I've learned to programm like that. Our school did not have any computers, but there was a CS class in curriculum. Luckily our teacher took her job seriously and taught the basics of programming: variables, assignment, loops, algorithms in general. Later, then I did get access to computer it was only the matter of learning the syntax of the particular language. I still had no access to computer at home, so I did my programming on paper and typed in programs later. I think that's good, cause it makes you think about what are you doing instead of just mindlessly permuting code till it works.