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Those were the days.

by tamaharbor 3y ago

JohnFen 3y ago
I acutely miss Dr. Dobbs to this day. We are poorer for its passing.
- _mlbt 3y ago
  Dr. Dobb’s Journal and the C/C++ Users Journal were my favorite magazines growing up! I miss them both so much. Yes I was a really nerdy kid.
  - pjmlp 3y ago
    Same here, bought all their issues since 1992, and there is an article from me on The C/C++ Users Journal regarding Gtkmm. Sadly several moves ended up with me throwing them into the recycle bin, only keep the ones that were kind of top value to me and able to fit into a single box. Have long learned that keeping stuff just for sentimental value isn't worth the extra space, and I own the DVD copies anyway. Maybe I should have kept them to sell on ebay or something.
- guiambros 3y ago
  Same. I used to take the bus for 1h and go to a bigger city nearby, just so I could buy the magazine at the newsstand. They'd get just a handful of copies each month, so I would have to go several days in a row so I could get one before they ran out. I learned so much reading Dr. Dobbs while growing up. I'd probably understand a third of the content at max, and many things I read didn't really "click" until much years later. But it was still very formative for me, and remember with fond memories several of the articles. I still have a box full of them somewhere. It's a shame it didn't survive the internet era.
- Findecanor 3y ago
  I first found Dr Dobbs journal in my city's central library in the mid '90s when I was still in high school. I visited now and then to read the latest issue. I once loaned a whole previous year's editions just to find and re-read an old article about C++ programming techniques.
- 082349872349872 3y ago
  "Without overbyte" doesn't quite hit the same anymore. There was a time when one would have been in mortal danger of having cabinets containing 3.75MB worth of storage tip over onto one; these days 1TB could fall on one's head without effect, but may instead be a choking hazard.
  - vidarh 3y ago
    > these days 1TB could fall on one's head without effect, but may instead be a choking hazard. I like to point out that Johnny Mnemonic would have seemed a whole lot different today, when he could have transported "all" that data in his head without damaging his brain by stuffing a microsd card up his nose instead (or any number of other places).
- sumtechguy 3y ago
  Dobbs and Microsoft Systems Journal were amazing tools for learning. When MSJ turned into MSDN it was not the same. Both usually had some article that I could apply to whatever I was working on and usually with a nice example.

Those were the days.

JohnFen 3y ago

I acutely miss Dr. Dobbs to this day. We are poorer for its passing.

_mlbt 3y ago
Dr. Dobb’s Journal and the C/C++ Users Journal were my favorite magazines growing up! I miss them both so much. Yes I was a really nerdy kid.
- pjmlp 3y ago
  Same here, bought all their issues since 1992, and there is an article from me on The C/C++ Users Journal regarding Gtkmm. Sadly several moves ended up with me throwing them into the recycle bin, only keep the ones that were kind of top value to me and able to fit into a single box. Have long learned that keeping stuff just for sentimental value isn't worth the extra space, and I own the DVD copies anyway. Maybe I should have kept them to sell on ebay or something.
guiambros 3y ago
Same. I used to take the bus for 1h and go to a bigger city nearby, just so I could buy the magazine at the newsstand. They'd get just a handful of copies each month, so I would have to go several days in a row so I could get one before they ran out. I learned so much reading Dr. Dobbs while growing up. I'd probably understand a third of the content at max, and many things I read didn't really "click" until much years later. But it was still very formative for me, and remember with fond memories several of the articles. I still have a box full of them somewhere. It's a shame it didn't survive the internet era.
Findecanor 3y ago
I first found Dr Dobbs journal in my city's central library in the mid '90s when I was still in high school. I visited now and then to read the latest issue. I once loaned a whole previous year's editions just to find and re-read an old article about C++ programming techniques.
082349872349872 3y ago
"Without overbyte" doesn't quite hit the same anymore. There was a time when one would have been in mortal danger of having cabinets containing 3.75MB worth of storage tip over onto one; these days 1TB could fall on one's head without effect, but may instead be a choking hazard.
- vidarh 3y ago
  > these days 1TB could fall on one's head without effect, but may instead be a choking hazard. I like to point out that Johnny Mnemonic would have seemed a whole lot different today, when he could have transported "all" that data in his head without damaging his brain by stuffing a microsd card up his nose instead (or any number of other places).
sumtechguy 3y ago
Dobbs and Microsoft Systems Journal were amazing tools for learning. When MSJ turned into MSDN it was not the same. Both usually had some article that I could apply to whatever I was working on and usually with a nice example.