Yes, I know about the PDF issues, and I also realize that there are so many great resources on the web that having a dedicated general purpose programming magaz

Yes, I know about the PDF issues, and I also realize that there are so many great resources on the web that having a dedicated general purpose programming magazine doesn't make business sense anymore. It is quite possible that what I miss is really my childhood and the excitement of waiting for the magazine and learning about things (most of which I didn't fully understand) with wide-eyed wonder. But of all the computer magazines I have ever encountered I think it was Dr. Dobbs' that struck the best balance between CS academia and the hands-on world of programming. It straddled that world between abstraction and application perfectly in my opinion. It would be a wonderful role to resurrect in the age of big data and increasing statistical and algorithmic sophistication. Won't happen, though. So I'll just wallow in my moment of nostalgia :-)