Well I used to have bootstrap the first computer I used and then load up the interpreter and then load in my program.Heh, we have quite a bit in common, punch cards anyone? Sneaker net? Transfer rates were great back then, but oh MY the latency...
That was using paper tape. How we celebrated when we got our high speed paper tape punch.
And yet I now still complain if it takes more than 15 seconds for an app to load.
How relative it all is.