12 years of Python and only at v2.2

[Manuel M. Garcia]

On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 21:54:08 GMT, Manuel M. Garcia
<mgarcia at cole-switches.com> wrote:
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>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.

Heh, not counting dead projects strangled in the cradle at v0.0.3!

Manuel