I wish research papers had a much stronger notion of "effective date".
By that, I mean the date to use to interpret any wording like "current" or "recently" or "yet" used inside the paper.
For some reason preprints often have no visible date on them at all, and automated datestamps can be misleadingly recent, if someone makes a minor change without rewriting the whole thing.
By that, I mean the date to use to interpret any wording like "current" or "recently" or "yet" used inside the paper.
For some reason preprints often have no visible date on them at all, and automated datestamps can be misleadingly recent, if someone makes a minor change without rewriting the whole thing.