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still works, still watching you judge it, already dead inside.
means a technical label meaning this feature still functions but you should stop using it because support is being phased out.
from from latin deprecari, to pray against or ward off — programmers borrowed it to mean code they're begging you to abandon.
not removeddeprecated still runs, just unsupported and judged
warning stageusually precedes actual deletion by years
common triggersecurity holes or better replacement methods exist
ironic fatedeprecated code often outlives its replacement