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Analysis of posts to comp.lang.c
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(stats compiled with a script by Garry Knight)
Total posts considered: 1,140 over 7 days
Earliest article: Sun Jan 27 00:04:01 2008
Latest article: Sat Feb 2 23:04:06 2008
Original articles: 79, replies: 1,061
Total size of posts: 3,325,771 bytes (3,247K) (3.17M)
Average 162 articles per day, 0.45 MB per day, 2,917 bytes per article
Total headers: 1,347 KB bodies: 1,900 KB
Body text - quoted: 758 KB, original: 712 KB = 48.46%, sigs: 424 KB
Total number of posters: 182, average 18,273 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 106, average 31,375 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 37
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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: "Malcolm McLean" <regniztar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................... :
77
2: Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................ :
71
3: CBFalconer <cbfalconer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
65
4: santosh <santosh.k83@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................ :
61
5: Keith Thompson <kst-u@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
53
6: Flash Gordon <spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>......................... :
34
7: roberson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Walter Roberson).................. :
29
8: vippstar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
27
9: Randy Howard <randyhoward@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................... :
26
10: ymuntyan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
25
11: Ian Collins <ian-news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................. :
23
12: user923005 <dcorbit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
21
13: richard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Richard Tobin)........................ :
20
14: dj3vande@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
20
15: Army1987 <army1987@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................................. :
20
16: Richard Heathfield <rjh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>....................... :
19
17: rlb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Richard Bos)....................... :
19
18: Eric Sosman <Eric.Sosman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
17
19: Mark Bluemel <mark_bluemel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.......................... :
17
20: fnegroni <f.e.negroni@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.......................... :
15
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Top 20 posters by average article size in bytes (at least 5 posts)
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1: Paul Hsieh <websnarf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................ :
6435
2: Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............... :
6162
3: ymuntyan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
5616
4: Flash Gordon <spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>......................... :
3934
5: "cr88192" <cr88192@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................ :
3885
6: Chris Hills <chris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................... :
3630
7: Richard <rgrdev@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>..................................... :
3569
8: William Ahern <william@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............. :
3540
9: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................. :
3323
10: user923005 <dcorbit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
3319
11: Yevgen Muntyan <muntyan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................... :
3229
12: Eric Sosman <esosman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>..................... :
3201
13: Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................ :
3181
14: "Malcolm McLean" <regniztar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................... :
3028
15: dj3vande@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
3003
16: =?UTF-8?q?Harald_van_D=C4=B3k?= <truedfx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............ :
2978
17: Eric Sosman <Eric.Sosman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
2966
18: dspfun <dspfun@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................................... :
2955
19: jacob navia <jacob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
2769
20: Randy Howard <randyhoward@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................... :
2761
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Top 20 responders by original text (at least 5 posts)
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1: Tarique <peo_leo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................................... :
75.21%
2: fnegroni <f.e.negroni@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.......................... :
73.13%
3: Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.......................... :
69.37%
4: roberson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Walter Roberson).................. :
64.44%
5: Kelsey Bjarnason <kbjarnason@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................ :
64.01%
6: "Bartc" <bc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................................ :
63.11%
7: Paul Hsieh <websnarf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................ :
61.34%
8: richard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Richard Tobin)........................ :
60.67%
9: "=?iso-8859-1?q?Tom=E1s_=D3_h=C9ilidhe?=" <toe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.... :
60.64%
10: "cr88192" <cr88192@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................ :
60.53%
11: dj3vande@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
59.32%
12: William Ahern <william@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............. :
55.38%
13: gazelle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Kenny McCormack)................ :
55.30%
14: Keith Thompson <kst-u@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
55.09%
15: Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................... :
52.87%
16: "Malcolm McLean" <regniztar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................... :
50.84%
17: Richard Heathfield <rjh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>....................... :
50.59%
18: pete <pfiland@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................................. :
49.49%
19: Mark Bluemel <mark_bluemel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.......................... :
48.60%
20: Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................... :
48.02%
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Bottom 20 responders by original text (at least 5 posts)
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1: Richard <rgrdev@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>..................................... :
20.45%
2: "Joachim Schmitz" <nospam.jojo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............. :
21.81%
3: ymuntyan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
22.68%
4: Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............... :
23.45%
5: dspfun <dspfun@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................................... :
25.31%
6: Ian Collins <ian-news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................. :
25.52%
7: Richard <devr_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...................................... :
28.36%
8: CBFalconer <cbfalconer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
28.78%
9: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................. :
29.37%
10: Flash Gordon <spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>......................... :
29.44%
11: vippstar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
32.86%
12: jacob navia <jacob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
33.97%
13: santosh <santosh.k83@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................ :
34.76%
14: Yevgen Muntyan <muntyan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................... :
36.09%
15: Randy Howard <randyhoward@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................... :
37.20%
16: Ben Pfaff <blp@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................ :
37.35%
17: Chris Hills <chris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................... :
38.40%
18: user923005 <dcorbit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
39.86%
19: Al Balmer <albalmer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................... :
39.95%
20: Antoninus Twink <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................ :
42.66%
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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: xmalloc string functions....................................... :
180
2: A solution for the allocation failures problem................. :
98
3: When to check the return value of malloc....................... :
78
4: Thoughts on file organisation.................................. :
66
5: Is Chris Hills a troll?........................................ :
44
6: Linux Kernel Source............................................ :
41
7: How Do You Pronounce char?..................................... :
36
8: Fopen to create a file in a sub-folder (such as "Mygoal")...... :
31
9: assigning pointer to NULL...................................... :
26
10: Interview question?............................................ :
21
11: declaration of variable in for loop............................ :
20
12: why bar and foo................................................ :
17
13: rename according to time....................................... :
16
14: Function with unspecified number of arguments.................. :
15
15: Strange C operator............................................. :
14
16: memset......................................................... :
14
17: Executing and Monitoring External Programs..................... :
14
18: Why do signals exist?.......................................... :
14
19: time in threaded programs...................................... :
14
20: what does "for( ; ; )" mean in C program....................... :
12
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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: xmalloc string functions....................................... :
648
2: A solution for the allocation failures problem................. :
279
3: comp.lang.c Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ List)... :
273
4: When to check the return value of malloc....................... :
223
5: Thoughts on file organisation.................................. :
171
6: Is Chris Hills a troll?........................................ :
134
7: Linux Kernel Source............................................ :
113
8: Fopen to create a file in a sub-folder (such as "Mygoal")...... :
87
9: How Do You Pronounce char?..................................... :
65
10: comp.lang.c Answers (Abridged) to Frequently Asked Questions (F :
60
11: assigning pointer to NULL...................................... :
47
12: declaration of variable in for loop............................ :
39
13: why bar and foo................................................ :
35
14: memset......................................................... :
34
15: rename according to time....................................... :
32
16: Interview question?............................................ :
31
17: Why do signals exist?.......................................... :
31
18: Function with unspecified number of arguments.................. :
31
19: comp.lang.c FAQ list Table of Contents......................... :
30
20: Executing and Monitoring External Programs..................... :
29
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Top 9 cross-posted groups
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1: comp.os.linux.advocacy......................................... :
6
2: comp.answers................................................... :
3
3: comp.lang.c.moderated.......................................... :
3
4: news.answers................................................... :
3
5: comp.sources.wanted............................................ :
2
6: comp.unix.questions............................................ :
1
7: gnu.emacs.help................................................. :
1
8: comp.lang.perl.misc............................................ :
1
9: comp.unix.shell................................................ :
1
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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: G2/1.0......................................................... :
77
2: Unknown........................................................ :
13
3: rn............................................................. :
13
4: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... :
10
5: Gnus........................................................... :
9
6: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031)......................... :
9
7: Pan............................................................ :
7
8: Forte Agent.................................................... :
7
9: Mozilla........................................................ :
5
10: KNode.......................................................... :
5
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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: G2........................................................ : 223
(20%)
2: Mozilla................................................... : 152
(13%)
3: Gnus...................................................... : 101 (
9%)
4: Pan....................................................... : 92 (
8%)
5: KNode..................................................... : 88 (
8%)
6: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6000.16480..................... : 78 (
7%)
7: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows.............................. : 54 (
5%)
8: Outlook Express........................................... : 43 (
4%)
9: unknown................................................... : 42 (
4%)
10: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001).............................. : 33 (
3%)
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Top 10 time zones
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1: UTC............................................................ :
477
2: -0800.......................................................... :
302
3: -0500.......................................................... :
141
4: +0100.......................................................... :
96
5: +0530.......................................................... :
67
6: +1300.......................................................... :
23
7: -0600.......................................................... :
16
8: +1000.......................................................... :
14
9: -0700.......................................................... :
2
10: +0800.......................................................... :
1
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