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kitanata on April 20, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Python 2.7.18, the last release of Python 2

Wasn't the original timeline meant to be completed in 2014?

zerkten on April 20, 2020 [–]

The original timeline was very much a guess. By the time that people got into the details in 2010-2014, it was clearer it would take much longer. This doesn't make it failure unless you lost a bet with someone on the timeline.

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