There's a style of programming with no concept of loops or jumps. It's called functional programming. There's other styles that are drastically different as well.
Most of these styles aren't new though.
Most of these styles aren't new though.
To be more pedantic and get even lower level than machine code, at the theoretical level the basis of computation can be either procedural or functional. See lambda calculus and Turing machine for more info.
And please let me know if "the person" refers to someone else. I've read the comment chain all the way up and can only make sense of what you said if "the person" == Uncle Bob.
Of course I could be wrong. I don't know the guy. But that statement alone is enough for me to make a negative judgement against him.