On 1/29/2015 4:59 PM, jacob navia wrote:
> Le 27/01/2015 19:04, Lynn McGuire a écrit :
>> Dr. Dobbs has gone virtual at:
>>
http://www.drdobbs.com/cpp
>
> ~ $ ping
www.drdobbs.com
> PING
www.drdobbs.com (192.155.48.108): 56 data bytes
> Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
> Request timeout for icmp_seq 1
> Request timeout for icmp_seq 2
> Request timeout for icmp_seq 3
> Request timeout for icmp_seq 4
> Request timeout for icmp_seq 5
> Request timeout for icmp_seq 6
> Request timeout for icmp_seq 7
> Request timeout for icmp_seq 8
> Request timeout for icmp_seq 9
> Request timeout for icmp_seq 10
> Request timeout for icmp_seq 11
> ^C
> ---
www.drdobbs.com ping statistics ---
> 13 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
> ~ $
>
> How sad is all this.
I just clicked on the link provided by Thunderbird in that listing of
yours and got the front page, from which I then navigated to
http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/farewell-dr-dobbs/240169421
(it's a link, needs to be in one line), where I read "... that there
will be no new content after year end; however, all current content will
be accessible and links to existing Dr. Dobb's articles will continue to
work correctly."
A web server doesn't necessarily answer to control messages ("pings"),
as you may already know. But the content is there.
> I remember the first numbers of that magazine, the
> sense of wonder at the small BASIC listings, the assembler stuff, and
> the flames section in the last page...
>
> Modern programmers do not read this kind of stuff. No hacking around
> now, no assembler, there is no more exciting stuff, just a job from nine
> to five pushing some buttons in the last IDE.
>
> Not even nostalgia is what it used to be...
Not to mention that perhaps we ourselves have changed a bit as well... B-)
> :-)
V
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