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variant on the stock phrase “<span class="quote">for historical reasons</span>”,
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indicating specifically that something must be done in some stupid way for
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backwards compatibility, and moreover that the feature it must be
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compatible with was the result of a bad design in the first place.
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“<span class="quote">All IBM PC video adapters have to support MDA text mode for
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hysterical reasons.</span>” Compare
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