[alwillis]

Vim has had :terminal since version 8.1 [1].

[1]: https://gist.github.com/mahemoff/8967b5de067cffc67cec174cb3a...

[freedomben]

Going somewhat off memory here, but my recollection is that was like 3 or 4 years after neovim's first release.

[alwillis]

That’s true.

[maxnoe]

The whole reason there ever was a vim 8 was neovim and the pressure it applied to implement async plugins and terminal.

Without neovim, we'd still be on vim 7.xxxxx