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No idea, but I think it is impressive that a language that is still on "version 1.XX" has been so successful so far.
by game_the0ry 6y ago
No idea, but I think it is impressive that a language that is still on "version 1.XX" has been so successful so far.
- saagarjha 6y agoVersion numbers are fairly arbitrary. I use a lot of 0.x software that is basically run as a production release.
- adonovan 6y agoIt's success is in part because of that, not despite it. Contrast with Python3, which alienated masses of users by making breaking language changes.
- mseepgood 6y agoA project can use version numbers 1 ... 9999999 or version numbers 1.0 ... 1.9999999. The amount of work that goes into it is the same.
- josefx 6y agoSee for example Java, which basically dropped the 1. from 1.5 .