ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,385, issued on May 27.
"Device for learning or teaching computer programming" was invented by Jorge Luis Torres (Tamarac, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for learning or teaching computer programming and, more specifically, the steps of executing consecutive computer source lines. The device includes an enclosure containing a source code panel having printed lines of source code visible through a first window in the enclosure and a see-through coding line bar movable across the source code panel to draw the user's attention to each consecutive line of source code being examined. A user-operable control is mounted in the ...