An Approach to Thinking

Computer literacy and technology applications are often topics of what's wrong with society, occasionally offering concrete suggestions for improvement. Here is a detailed description for a neophyte with meager financial resources to enter the world of programming at the level between machine instructions and specialized modern applications, followed by a case study applying computer programming to the subject of quality assessment, which is not obviously amenable to the rigor of mathematics and logic. The gain for the reader is enhanced thinking with the aid of computer technology, similar to the gain acquired by society as a result of reading and writing.