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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: 5,134 over 30 days
Earliest article: Mon Mar 31 23:08:02 2008
Latest article: Wed Apr 30 23:08:02 2008
Original articles: 491, replies: 4,643
Total size of posts: 12,722,417 bytes (12,424K) (12.13M)
Average 171 articles per day, 0.40 MB per day, 2,478 bytes per article
Total headers: 5,646 KB bodies: 6,778 KB
Body text - quoted: 2,751 KB, original: 3,198 KB = 53.76%, sigs: 804 KB
Total number of posters: 559, average 22,759 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 564, average 22,557 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 53
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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Richard Heathfield <rjh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>....................... :
321
2: Keith Thompson <kst-u@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
243
3: Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................... :
180
4: Ian Collins <ian-news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................. :
178
5: CBFalconer <cbfalconer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
161
6: santosh <santosh.k83@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................ :
156
7: Richard <devr_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...................................... :
131
8: "Bartc" <bc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................................ :
126
9: jacob navia <jacob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
124
10: roberson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Walter Roberson).................. :
120
11: Antoninus Twink <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................ :
118
12: Flash Gordon <spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>......................... :
107
13: richard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Richard Tobin)........................ :
102
14: user923005 <dcorbit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
92
15: Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
75
16: istill****ne@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
70
17: "Dann Corbit" <dcorbit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
68
18: gazelle@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Kenny McCormack)................ :
64
19: Eric Sosman <esosman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>..................... :
59
20: pereges <Broli00@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................................... :
59
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Top 20 posters by average article size in bytes (at least 5 posts)
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1: CLC stats <stats@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................... :
15909
2: partner55090087@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
15821
3: peter koch <peter.koch.larsen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>....................... :
4665
4: "Bill Reid" <hormelfree@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...................... :
4618
5: "cr88192" <cr88192@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>......................... :
3855
6: James Kuyper <jameskuyper@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>......................... :
3798
7: Chris Torek <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
3796
8: Paul Hsieh <websnarf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................ :
3690
9: blmblm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<blmblm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................... :
3565
10: ymuntyan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
3560
11: "lovecreatesbea...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <lovecreatesbeauty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.... :
3490
12: Paul Brettschneider <paul.brettschneider@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............. :
3431
13: thomas.mertes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
3381
14: user923005 <dcorbit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
3274
15: Bill Buckels <bbuckels@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
3195
16: Jack Klein <jackklein@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................. :
3156
17: "robertwessel2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <robertwessel2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............ :
3147
18: lithiumcat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
3100
19: "Chris Thomasson" <cristom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................ :
3097
20: "Robbie Hatley" <lonewolf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................ :
3073
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Top 20 responders by original text (at least 5 posts)
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1: InuY4sha <inuY4sha@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................... :
96.39%
2: Lax <Lax.Clarke@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>..................................... :
95.32%
3: Nezhate <mazouz.nezhate@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................. :
91.45%
4: lithiumcat@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
89.37%
5: Bill Buckels <bbuckels@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
83.42%
6: pereges <Broli00@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................................... :
82.73%
7: Gio <giomancer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................................. :
81.61%
8: nembo kid <user@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
80.27%
9: Charlton Wilbur <cwilbur@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>....................... :
80.06%
10: Chris Torek <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
78.94%
11: Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.......................... :
78.84%
12: Kaz Kylheku <kkylheku@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................... :
76.74%
13: spl <splender.dev@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................... :
76.17%
14: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tom=E1s_=D3_h=C9ilidhe?= <toe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...... :
75.70%
15: geese786@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
74.81%
16: Friedrich Dominicus <just-for-news-frido@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
74.65%
17: "Robbie Hatley" <lonewolf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................ :
73.12%
18: arnuld <arnVuld@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
72.25%
19: arnuld <oonga@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...................................... :
72.08%
20: arnuld <NoSpam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................................... :
69.89%
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Bottom 20 responders by original text (at least 5 posts)
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1: Mahesh <mmp.cse@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>..................................... :
12.00%
2: Topi Linkala <nes@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...................................... :
18.42%
3: mattia <gervaz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...................................... :
19.03%
4: peter koch <peter.koch.larsen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>....................... :
23.75%
5: "Joachim Schmitz" <nospam.jojo@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............. :
25.39%
6: WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................... :
25.97%
7: Robert Gamble <rgamble99@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................ :
26.10%
8: Ian Collins <ian-news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................. :
26.37%
9: Richard <devr_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...................................... :
26.57%
10: JoseMariaSola <JoseMariaSola@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................ :
27.12%
11: Thad Smith <ThadSmith@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
27.14%
12: xyz <lavanyareddy.p@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
27.82%
13: Sebastian Faust <sebastian.faust@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............... :
28.03%
14: Chad <cdalten@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>....................................... :
28.95%
15: Eligiusz Narutowicz<eligiuszdotnaru@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............... :
29.54%
16: Joe Wright <joewwright@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................ :
29.67%
17: blmblm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<blmblm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................... :
29.68%
18: ymuntyan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
30.36%
19: "lovecreatesbea...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <lovecreatesbeauty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.... :
32.25%
20: Paul Brettschneider <paul.brettschneider@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............. :
33.21%
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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: C++ more efficient than C?..................................... :
212
2: How to eliminate this global variable, silent?................. :
131
3: Garbage collection............................................. :
123
4: K&R2 , exercise 7.6............................................ :
83
5: sorting the input.............................................. :
77
6: C elements of style............................................ :
72
7: How to make it faster?......................................... :
72
8: why cant functions return arrays............................... :
66
9: #ifdef __cplusplus............................................. :
64
10: optimizers are overrated....................................... :
57
11: __stdcall alternative.......................................... :
54
12: fclose(0)...................................................... :
54
13: lcc-win32 conformance question................................. :
51
14: memset o/p not correct......................................... :
47
15: ?: as an lvalue................................................ :
47
16: Is malloc() function provided in <stdlib.h> thread-safe?....... :
45
17: K&R Ex 1-3..................................................... :
43
18: How to be a better C programmer?............................... :
43
19: How to generate random numbers in C............................ :
42
20: C90 long long.................................................. :
41
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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: C++ more efficient than C?..................................... :
618
2: How to eliminate this global variable, silent?................. :
357
3: Garbage collection............................................. :
330
4: comp.lang.c Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ List)... :
273
5: K&R2 , exercise 7.6............................................ :
218
6: sorting the input.............................................. :
197
7: How to make it faster?......................................... :
174
8: why cant functions return arrays............................... :
158
9: C elements of style............................................ :
152
10: #ifdef __cplusplus............................................. :
150
11: optimizers are overrated....................................... :
143
12: lcc-win32 conformance question................................. :
123
13: comp.lang.c Answers (Abridged) to Frequently Asked Questions (F :
120
14: __stdcall alternative.......................................... :
114
15: fclose(0)...................................................... :
113
16: How to generate random numbers in C............................ :
107
17: ?: as an lvalue................................................ :
104
18: How to be a better C programmer?............................... :
100
19: memset o/p not correct......................................... :
99
20: // comments.................................................... :
99
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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: comp.lang.c++.................................................. :
121
2: uk.adverts.computer............................................ :
13
3: alt.sup****t.childfree.......................................... :
13
4: misc.consumers.frugal-living................................... :
13
5: comp.programming............................................... :
12
6: comp.unix.programmer........................................... :
10
7: comp.lang.php.................................................. :
9
8: alt.comp.freeware.............................................. :
9
9: uk.legal....................................................... :
9
10: misc.invest.stocks............................................. :
8
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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: G2/1.0......................................................... :
294
2: rn............................................................. :
51
3: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... :
34
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213)........................ :
28
5: Unknown........................................................ :
23
6: Pan............................................................ :
19
7: Mozilla........................................................ :
17
8: Gnus........................................................... :
12
9: KNode.......................................................... :
12
10: Forte Agent.................................................... :
10
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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: G2........................................................ : 1204
(23%)
2: Gnus...................................................... : 557
(11%)
3: KNode..................................................... : 547
(11%)
4: Mozilla................................................... : 456 (
9%)
5: Outlook Express........................................... : 424 (
8%)
6: Pan....................................................... : 299 (
6%)
7: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows............................. : 255 (
5%)
8: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001).............................. : 226 (
4%)
9: unknown................................................... : 199 (
4%)
10: slrn...................................................... : 190 (
4%)
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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0700.......................................................... :
1741
2: UTC............................................................ :
1087
3: +0200.......................................................... :
518
4: +0100.......................................................... :
469
5: -0400.......................................................... :
402
6: +0530.......................................................... :
173
7: +1200.......................................................... :
167
8: -0500.......................................................... :
164
9: +0200 (CEST)................................................... :
148
10: +0500.......................................................... :
105
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