Like Kleobis and Biton, we won't know until I am dead.
However thus far, a paper that literally changed my life: "Value Dependence Graphs: Representation Without Taxation", D. Weise, R. F. Crew, M. Ernst, B. Steensgaard, POPL 1994. (This was the proverbial butterfly flap that moved me through three countries).
There are many many other good papers and it's not a one-dimension metric so it's hard to pick out winners.
However thus far, a paper that literally changed my life: "Value Dependence Graphs: Representation Without Taxation", D. Weise, R. F. Crew, M. Ernst, B. Steensgaard, POPL 1994. (This was the proverbial butterfly flap that moved me through three countries).
There are many many other good papers and it's not a one-dimension metric so it's hard to pick out winners.