[webmaven]

> some programming languages just injects symbols based on context

Well, okay, yes, not all software projects deliver reproducible builds of their software. Some software is, in fact, complete garbage.

I'm also not using Gene Ray's TimeCube theory[0] as an example of a mathematical paper.

> This sort of time variance is non-existent in math

Not... entirely. You could cite a preprint that then changes in the final version.

> And you have probably seen a programming tutorial or similar which uses library functions that no longer exists in modern versions

Sure. And cited papers can be retracted entirely.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20070718050305/http://www.timecu...

[Jensson]

> Well, okay, yes, not all software projects deliver reproducible builds of their software. Some software is, in fact, complete garbage.

And not all math papers are properly documented either. Some math papers are in fact complete garbage. Why are you complaining about an entire field just because some of it is garbage.

[webmaven]

Why are you ignoring the fact that I specifically said I wasn't basing my criticism on the worst examples I could find?