Re: Longest plan

Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:

Did you mean specifically a financial instrument?

No.  Any intention by any person or organization that a particular
thing will happen at a particular future date.

I'm not speaking of *predictions*, e.g. that there will be a total
solar eclipse at a particular place and time, as those aren't things
that that the planners helped to cause to happen.  I had known about
this year's total solar eclipse, which I saw, since I was a child.
And I had learned the exact date and time of the 2004 transit of
Venus, which I saw, from a 19th century astronomy book.  But those
don't count.  Well, my intentions to see them counted, but those I
planned only a few decades in advance.

My intention to see the 2444 total solar eclipse in my neighborhood
counts, but only if I live to see it.  And very likely someone has
successfully planned something further in the future than that.

What's the longest it took to build any cathedral?  Maybe that
shouldn't count if it didn't have a specific completion date specified
ahead of time.
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