I find something appealing about how the vestigial remnants of physically punched cards are retained to boot the OS, even though they don't really make sense an

I find something appealing about how the vestigial remnants of physically punched cards are retained to boot the OS, even though they don't really make sense any more. It's weirdly reminiscent of biological evolution, where systems get retained and repurposed even if they're not the most efficient way something could be implemented.