12 years of Python and only at v2.2

[Manuel M. Garcia]

I was reading "Python Power: Growing Respect for an Open Source
Integration Tool" by Cameron Laird in OpenEnterpriseTrends.com

http://www.oetrends.com/cgi-bin/page_display.cgi?98

(found it on Daily Python-URL http://www.pythonware.com/daily/)

Laird's article makes the statement """

What makes Python so good for integration? Finch and other believers
in Python note several characteristics:
(edit)
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?  The only comparable situation I
can think of off the top of my head is with Linux, begun in 1992 and
at v2.4 currently.

Manuel