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Just 3 months ago I lamented the decline of Dr. Dobb's Journal. This past Monday I received an email indicating that Dr. Dobb's Journal print edition has ceased after some 33 years. All current subscribers will be automatically switched to the digital edition of Dr Dobb's Digest.

Even though I know that Dr. Dobb was never a real person, it seems like he needs to work on his magazine. For as long as I can remember Dr. Dobb's journal has been considered to be the premier programming magazine. As a kid, learning to program, I wished that I could understand what was in the magazine. As a college student, I wished that I could afford to buy it.

As a professional software engineer now, I am eligible for a free subscription to the magazine, which I have been receiving for a little over a year now.

Dr. Dobb's #416
In the past year I have watched it degrade from a respected magazine to a pamphlet with a staple binding. The most recent issue, shown here in this article, has an egregious grammatical error right on the front cover. (For those of you not paying attention the cover says, "Functional Programming: Has It Is Ship Come In?")