Dr. Dobb's Journal Going Web-Only

paleshadows writes "The first issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal (DDJ) was published in January 1976. A few days ago, Herb Sutter (the chair of the ISO C++ committee and a long-time DDJ columnist) announced through his latest blog post that, 'as of January 2009, Dr. Dobb's Journal is permanently suspending print publication and going web-only.' This follows an earlier announcement that PC Magazine is to become digital-only, too, as of February 2009. To those of us who enjoy reading such stuff away from the computer these are bad news, as there seems to be no other major technical programmers' magazines left standing."

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You must be confused

[Arthur Grumbine]

I'll try to use smaller words and type this reply really slowly, to make sure you can understand. Those links weren't for magazines. They were for electronic (aka "magic") devices that would allow you to view the same content (that's a fancy word that means "words and pictures") that are in certain magazines and books. One of those "devices" even allows you to view full web pages, and do other stuff, like play "Hello Kitty: Island Adventure"!

Some people claim that the appeal of these devices over a magazines and books is that you have the ability to carry the content of dozens of your favorite magazines and books, without a very large bag. You've convinced me, though, I hate things with batteries. I'll just get my shopping cart when I want to go to the park for a couple hours to read but I can't decide which of my many books and magazines I will want to read.