[1] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

dusty deck n. old software especially applications which one is
   obliged to remain compatible with, or to maintain dp types call this
   `legacy code', a term hackers consider smarmy and excessively reverent.
   the term implies that the software in question is a holdover from
   card-punch days. used esp. when referring to old scientific and
   number-crunching software, much of which was written in fortran and
   very poorly documented but is believed to be too expensive to replace.
   see fossil; compare crawling horror.


see also:
dp number-crunching fossil crawling horror 

[2] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

dusty deck
     
        old software especially applications which one is obliged to
        remain compatible with, or to maintain.  dp types call this
        "legacy code", a term hackers consider smarmy and excessively
        reverent.  the term implies that the software in question is a
        holdover from card-punch days.  used especially when referring
        to old scientific and number crunching software, much of
        which was written in fortran and very poorly documented but is
        believed to be too expensive to replace.  see fossil;
        compare crawling horror.
     
        jargon file
     
     
see also:
dp number crunching fossil crawling horror jargon file 

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