Comment by leidenfrost

It's a lot more understandable if you consider the state of computing he experienced while growing up:

Programs were way simpler, and shipping the source code in paper was the de facto way of distribution.

It's not like he was a wacko around his peers. He just created what seemed a logical step from that.

I'm just sad that there's no young people to pass the torch for when the time comes and the founding fathers are no more.