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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Whither Dr. Dobbs?
Message-ID: <2587@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 30 Dec 88 15:37:10 GMT
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In article <1092@naucse.UUCP>, rrw@naucse.UUCP (Robert Wier) writes:
>  I havn't seen an issue for years, and am wondering if anyone
>  would care to comment on the current content.  Do you like it,
>  dislike it, don't care?  If you'd prefer, you can E-Mail me 
>  direct and I will summarize.  

I just dropped my subscription because it has become almost entirely an
IBM-PC oriented rag. It's got a few Mac articles as well, but the number
of general purpose programs and algorithms has dropped to zilch. If you
have an IBM-PC and are interested in a library of routines to use your EGA
card in Microsoft 'C', it's the magazine for you. If you are looking for
a PD version of terminfo or a neat idea for improving Xlisp, you're out
of luck. I don't know who's assumed the mantle of the old Dr. Dobbs, but
they've definitely dropped it.

>  P.S. isn't Dr. Dobbs the descendent of People's Computer Company,
>  the pioneer personal computer publication?

Yes.
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