The Good Doctor passes on
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Just caught mention of this on Eric Sink's weblog:
http://www.ericsink.com/entries/rip_dr_dobbs.html:
I suppose this was inevitable. I've been writing for several years about the decline of print publications for developers. Like most of them, this one has been looking thin and sickly for quite some time. Sadder still, their final issue featured a huge grammatical error on the front cover. I'm sure this was not the way the DDJ staff wanted things to end.
Back when i was first learning to program, the piles of Dr. Dobb's back issues at my local library were invaluable. Well-written, interesting articles on a wide range of topics, and a name that always made me smile. To this day, it's one of only four magazines i'm not embarrassed to leave lying around the house. R.I.P. indeed.
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You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.
Oh, phew! I thought you meant Dr. Demento. That will be a sad day.
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Oh, phew! I thought you meant Dr. Demento. That will be a sad day.
Who could do without such classics as "I'm looking over my dead dog rover" and the Great Smoke Out That would indeed he a sad day Mike
"It doesn't matter how big a ranch ya' own, or how many cows ya' brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather." -Harry Truman.
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Just caught mention of this on Eric Sink's weblog:
http://www.ericsink.com/entries/rip_dr_dobbs.html:
I suppose this was inevitable. I've been writing for several years about the decline of print publications for developers. Like most of them, this one has been looking thin and sickly for quite some time. Sadder still, their final issue featured a huge grammatical error on the front cover. I'm sure this was not the way the DDJ staff wanted things to end.
Back when i was first learning to program, the piles of Dr. Dobb's back issues at my local library were invaluable. Well-written, interesting articles on a wide range of topics, and a name that always made me smile. To this day, it's one of only four magazines i'm not embarrassed to leave lying around the house. R.I.P. indeed.
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You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.
That is a shame they where one of the few that I read also. There was another as I recall the name was BYTE but it was kinda cultish and I don't think ever made it big but I had a lot of their back issues laying around also. Anymore you pick up a rag and its 95% adverts! RIP :rose: Mike
"It doesn't matter how big a ranch ya' own, or how many cows ya' brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather." -Harry Truman.
Semper Fi http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] My Site
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That is a shame they where one of the few that I read also. There was another as I recall the name was BYTE but it was kinda cultish and I don't think ever made it big but I had a lot of their back issues laying around also. Anymore you pick up a rag and its 95% adverts! RIP :rose: Mike
"It doesn't matter how big a ranch ya' own, or how many cows ya' brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather." -Harry Truman.
Semper Fi http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] My Site
Mike Hankey wrote:
There was another as I recall the name was BYTE but it was kinda cultish and I don't think ever made it big but I had a lot of their back issues laying around also.
BYTE was big in the 1970's and early/mid 80's. It was one of very few mags to cover computers and electronics together. I still refer back to some of the Circuit Cellar articles. Cheers, Drew.
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That is a shame they where one of the few that I read also. There was another as I recall the name was BYTE but it was kinda cultish and I don't think ever made it big but I had a lot of their back issues laying around also. Anymore you pick up a rag and its 95% adverts! RIP :rose: Mike
"It doesn't matter how big a ranch ya' own, or how many cows ya' brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather." -Harry Truman.
Semper Fi http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] My Site
Mike Hankey wrote:
Anymore you pick up a rag and its 95% adverts!
It was the same with the decline of the Atari ST magazines (mainly ST Format) I used to get, back in the mid 90s... as it neared the end, the ratio of content to ads decreased, along with the total size. Oh well... I still have two ST(e)s and a Falcon, but new software doesn't turn up very often for them, which explains the demise of the mags :doh:
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Mike Hankey wrote:
There was another as I recall the name was BYTE but it was kinda cultish and I don't think ever made it big but I had a lot of their back issues laying around also.
BYTE was big in the 1970's and early/mid 80's. It was one of very few mags to cover computers and electronics together. I still refer back to some of the Circuit Cellar articles. Cheers, Drew.
Drew Stainton wrote:
It was one of very few mags to cover computers and electronics together
Yeah thats why I liked it! At the time I was working doing work in robotics and learning electronics so I referred to them a lot also. Thanks, Mike
"It doesn't matter how big a ranch ya' own, or how many cows ya' brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather." -Harry Truman.
Semper Fi http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] My Site
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Just caught mention of this on Eric Sink's weblog:
http://www.ericsink.com/entries/rip_dr_dobbs.html:
I suppose this was inevitable. I've been writing for several years about the decline of print publications for developers. Like most of them, this one has been looking thin and sickly for quite some time. Sadder still, their final issue featured a huge grammatical error on the front cover. I'm sure this was not the way the DDJ staff wanted things to end.
Back when i was first learning to program, the piles of Dr. Dobb's back issues at my local library were invaluable. Well-written, interesting articles on a wide range of topics, and a name that always made me smile. To this day, it's one of only four magazines i'm not embarrassed to leave lying around the house. R.I.P. indeed.
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You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.
Dr Dobbs was originally titled "Dr. Dobb's Journal of Tiny BASIC Calisthenics & Orthodontia" (with the subtitle "Running Light without Overbyte") and was first published as xeroxed copies. Some of us remember the 8 1/2" by 11" black and white issues. There was little published information about the small personal computers available at the time (such as Altair and Imsai) and Dr. Dobbs was a periodical we all couldn't wait for the next issue.
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Just caught mention of this on Eric Sink's weblog:
http://www.ericsink.com/entries/rip_dr_dobbs.html:
I suppose this was inevitable. I've been writing for several years about the decline of print publications for developers. Like most of them, this one has been looking thin and sickly for quite some time. Sadder still, their final issue featured a huge grammatical error on the front cover. I'm sure this was not the way the DDJ staff wanted things to end.
Back when i was first learning to program, the piles of Dr. Dobb's back issues at my local library were invaluable. Well-written, interesting articles on a wide range of topics, and a name that always made me smile. To this day, it's one of only four magazines i'm not embarrassed to leave lying around the house. R.I.P. indeed.
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You're right. These facts that you've laid out totally contradict the wild ramblings that I pulled off the back of cornflakes packets.
The cover of the "final" issue is from January 2009, yet I am holding the February 2009 issue in my hand (yes, I am typing one-handed to make a point). The issue is quite thin (as have been most recent ones), but it looks like they are still publishing...
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The cover of the "final" issue is from January 2009, yet I am holding the February 2009 issue in my hand (yes, I am typing one-handed to make a point). The issue is quite thin (as have been most recent ones), but it looks like they are still publishing...
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Oh, phew! I thought you meant Dr. Demento. That will be a sad day.
