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Preprint Déjà Vu: an FAQ — mentioned by chubot

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 19:35:05 GMT

Another tidbit: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.04188 FAQ 1: Why did you create arXiv if journals already existed? Has it developed as you had expected? Answer: Conventional journals did not start coming online until the mid to late 1990s. I originally envisioned it as an expedient hack, a quick-and-dirty email-transponder written in csh to provide short-term access to electronic versions of preprints until the existing paper distribution system could catch up, within about three months. So it was in csh on NeXT. Tim Berners-Lee also developed the web on NeXT!

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Preprint Déjà Vu: an FAQ — HN submission

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:42:02 GMT

Preprint déjà vu: a FAQ about the ArXiv

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Preprint Déjà Vu: an FAQ — HN submission

Sat, 14 Aug 2021 18:18:04 GMT

Preprint Déjà Vu: an FAQ about the ArXiv (2017)

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Preprint Déjà Vu: an FAQ — HN submission

Wed, 14 Jun 2017 03:42:28 GMT

Preprint Deja Vu: a brief overview of arXiv history

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