[Rover]

7 years really is a while but time does fly (2014 was 7 years ago and for me, it's not all that far off in the memory). Besides, one would feel safe using even lenses with earlier inception dates knowing that they are not discontinued, and spare parts are still being churned out. BTW I think people have missed that the EF lens with longest ever production run has finally bit the dust as well - and it's the humble 100mm f/2 which has been in production for 30 years, beating the 85/1.8 by a year and some of the more well known units like the 135/2. Oh, and I've only seen it once in the wild - it's always been overshaded by the 85/1.8, of which I've seen tons, and even used one (loaned from a colleague) a couple of times.