12 years of Python and only at v2.2

[Jeremy Yallop]

* Manuel M Garcia
| 3. Python is high-quality: While it's matured for over a decade now,
| its developmental philosophy is so conservative it only recently
| reached version 2.2.
| 
| """
| 
| Is Python unusual in this respect?

Well, the first beta release of GCC was in 1987, and it only reached
version 3.0 last year.  On the other hand, version 1.0 of Microsoft
Windows was released in 1985 and I understand that it has now passed
version 2000.

Jeremy.