R.I.P. Dr. Dobb's

Oh no, I killed Dr. Dobbs.

I am the actual person on the cover of the magazine. Well at least they went out in style ;)

I was a subscriber for a long time, it really was a good magazine. There used to be so many good publications just for computing hobbyists. My favorites were Creative Computing, Nibble, inCider, DDJ and, of course, BYTE.

Not to be too nostalgic though... I'm certainly much happier to be able to read books like Real World Haskell online then I ever was picking up all the subscriber cards that used to fall out of each issue.

That's a real shame. First C/C++ journal, at the time they said they would continue on in Dr. Dobbs, now Dr. Dobbs, which says it will continue on in InformationWeek. I could see how C/C++ could continue on in Dr. Dobbs, but InformationWeek isn't compatible with Dr. Dobbs. Furthermore, I wonder what will happen to my subscription, I already receive InformationWeek. It's likely they'll send me duplicates, they always do.

I'm hoping they at least follow in C/C++'s footsteps and send out a CD/DVD with all the past issues.

There's a huge type on the front. It should read:

Function Programming: Has Its Ship Come In?

Yikes. That's a bit awkward.

This might be a sign of the times (26 year old engineer means apparently I was negative six when they started publishing), but I've literally never heard of it. On the other hand, ironically, I'm quite well acquainted with ericsink.com .

Some of us will miss it. I used to read it cover to cover while I was in college.

Dr. Dobb's was one of the few magazines with real code on bookshelves. My first publication was in Dr. Dobb's so it'll always be special to me. Shame to see it fade like this.

This makes me sad. I'll certainly miss it. There is still the online presence of course, as well as the (relatively) recently launched dobbscodetalk.com

The entire 21 years of magazine content (and more) are available on this "Dr. Dobb's Developer Library DVD 5" release: https://store.ddj.com/product.php?pid=4

I was a subscriber for a 6-month trial period. It was a great magazine, had a bit of everything and a lot of code.

Now I feel kind of guilty for not renewing!

How sad -- I used to read it in the '70s. Seriously.

Later I worked with a guy whose dad is the 'ob' in Dr. Dobbs. Really. The name is a composite of a couple of names.

Maybe the biggest tragedy is that the magazine had devolved to the point where no editor was around to correct the improper punctuation of "it's ship" (should be "its ship"). Quel dommage.