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Boat anchor

In computing, Boat anchor is a piece of hardware or software that serves no useful purpose that is kept around for political reasons. Often, everyone is secretly waiting for it to be used again, so it is no longer a derelict eyesore.

The article is originally from Perl Design Patterns Book

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