[Python-Dev] 3.2.0 == 20th anniversary release

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Wed Feb 23 20:11:46 CET 2011


On 23.02.2011 19:51, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:42 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
>> As pointed out by Ramiro Morales on the Python-Argentina list
>> (quoting Guido's blog post
>> http://python-history.blogspot.com/2009/01/brief-timeline-of-python.html
>> )
>> Python 0.9.0 was released on 20 Feb 1991
>>
>> Python 3.2.0 was released on 20 Feb 2011
>>
>> Python's come a long way.
>> I look forward to the next 20.
> 
> Me too!
> 
> BTW very nice of Georg to time it this way.

As much as I'd like to claim it, it's pure coincidence where my
planning is concerned.  I knew that Python 0.9 was in 1991, so I
knew about 20 years, but not about the exact date.  Very nice!

Maybe it was a subconscious thing :)

cheers,
Georg




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