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Herb Sutter announces that Dr.Dobbs Journal is permanently suspending print publication and going web-only as of January 2009. I've used to be a long-time subscriber of DDJ -- several not-so-excited friends that recently helped moving into our new flat are my witnesses. Actually, I've stopped my subscription (and we're talking about a way to expensive subscription via a German importer, here) roughly one or two years ago, since I couldn't keep up with my reading but occasionally I've regret that I no longer receive it. Now, it seems to me like the last printed programming related magazine is going down the drain -- sorry, you Java and PHP magazines floating around, but your content isn't nearly as interesting as what DDJ had as it was ultimately the mix of different topic and opionated editorials that made DDJ so unique. Perhaps now I should hurry and finally buy the DDJ developer library dvd covering 21 years of DDJ articles. I'll keep an eye on what will happen to DDJ as a web publication.