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Even your example would depend upon the context. There are many cases where a programming question in 2021 is identical to one from 2012, along with the answer.
by II2II 5y ago
Even your example would depend upon the context. There are many cases where a programming question in 2021 is identical to one from 2012, along with the answer. In those instances, would you rather a shallow answer from 2021 or an indepth answer from 2012? This is not meant to imply that older answers offer greater depth, yet a heavy bias towards recent material can produce that outcome in some circumstances.
- valvar 5y agoIf you're using tools/languages that change rapidly (like Kotlin, in my case), syntax from a few years ago will often be outdated.
- II2II 5y agoYes, yet there are programming questions that go beyond "how do I do X in language Y" or "how do I do X with library Y". The language and library specific questions are the ones where I would be less inclined to want additional depth anyhow, well, provided they aren't dependent upon some language or library specific implementation detail.