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[Andreas Schwab]

magnetic <metro.realize@verizon.net> writes:

> What is "deprecated" ??

>From Jargon File (4.3.0, 30 APR 2001) [jargon]:

  deprecated adj. Said of a program or feature that is considered
     obsolescent and in the process of being phased out, usually in favor of
     a specified replacement. Deprecated features can, unfortunately, linger
     on for many years. This term appears with distressing frequency in
     standards documents when the committees writing the documents realize
     that large amounts of extant (and presumably happily working) code
     depend on the feature(s) that have passed out of favor. See also {dusty
     deck}.
  
     [Usage note: don't confuse this word with `depreciate', or the verb
     form `deprecate' with `depreciated`. They are different words; see any
     dictionary for discussion.]

Andreas.

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