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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: 985 over 7 days
Earliest article: Sat Apr 26 20:08:02 2008
Latest article: Sat May 3 20:04:02 2008
Original articles: 90, replies: 895
Total size of posts: 2,762,591 bytes (2,697K) (2.63M)
Average 140 articles per day, 0.38 MB per day, 2,804 bytes per article
Total headers: 1,098 KB bodies: 1,599 KB
Body text - quoted: 574 KB, original: 630 KB = 52.32%, sigs: 390 KB
Total number of posters: 179, average 15,433 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 121, average 22,831 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 35
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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: santosh <santosh.k83@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................ :
69
2: Richard Heathfield <rjh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>....................... :
53
3: Keith Thompson <kst-u@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
49
4: Ian Collins <ian-news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................. :
42
5: CBFalconer <cbfalconer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
42
6: Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................... :
36
7: jacob navia <jacob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
26
8: Flash Gordon <spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>......................... :
25
9: arnuld <NoSpam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>..................................... :
24
10: Eligiusz Narutowicz<eligiuszdotnaru@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............... :
22
11: richard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Richard Tobin)........................ :
21
12: "Bartc" <bc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................................ :
19
13: user923005 <dcorbit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
18
14: Peter Nilsson <airia@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
15
15: "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................... :
14
16: roberson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Walter Roberson).................. :
14
17: ymuntyan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
13
18: pete <pfiland@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................................. :
13
19: Antoninus Twink <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................ :
12
20: Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
11
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Top 20 posters by average article size in bytes (at least 5 posts)
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1: user923005 <dcorbit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
6603
2: Jack Klein <jackklein@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................. :
3807
3: Chris Torek <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
3553
4: Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
3404
5: apaticul@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
3170
6: ymuntyan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
3152
7: Eric Sosman <esosman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>..................... :
3132
8: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tom=E1s_=D3_h=C9ilidhe?= <toe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...... :
3060
9: Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............... :
3040
10: "Jim Langston" <tazmaster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...................... :
3009
11: "cr88192" <cr88192@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>......................... :
2966
12: Flash Gordon <spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>......................... :
2860
13: "Chris Thomasson" <cristom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................ :
2813
14: "christian.bau" <christian.bau@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............. :
2731
15: vippstar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
2707
16: Eligiusz Narutowicz<eligiuszdotnaru@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............... :
2667
17: Richard Heathfield <rjh@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>....................... :
2623
18: Robert Gamble <rgamble99@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................ :
2541
19: pete <pfiland@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................................. :
2539
20: Joe Wright <joewwright@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................ :
2517
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Top 20 responders by original text (at least 5 posts)
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1: Taygun Kekec <taygunkekec@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................... :
93.27%
2: pereges <Broli00@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................................... :
92.15%
3: fnegroni <f.e.negroni@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.......................... :
86.05%
4: nembo kid <user@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
79.23%
5: user923005 <dcorbit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
77.71%
6: Chris Torek <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
74.22%
7: "Chris Thomasson" <cristom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................ :
68.55%
8: Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................. :
67.27%
9: richard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Richard Tobin)........................ :
66.97%
10: arnuld <NoSpam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>..................................... :
66.06%
11: roberson@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Walter Roberson).................. :
62.61%
12: Yep <yep@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................................................. :
61.32%
13: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tom=E1s_=D3_h=C9ilidhe?= <toe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...... :
60.87%
14: Eric Sosman <esosman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>..................... :
60.37%
15: Robert Gamble <rgamble99@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................ :
60.28%
16: "Bill Cunningham" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................... :
60.11%
17: Jack Klein <jackklein@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................. :
58.50%
18: Keith Thompson <kst-u@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
55.05%
19: Noob <root@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.......................................... :
50.82%
20: "cr88192" <cr88192@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>......................... :
49.35%
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Bottom 20 responders by original text (at least 5 posts)
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1: Joe Wright <joewwright@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................ :
19.61%
2: apaticul@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
21.25%
3: Ian Collins <ian-news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............................. :
21.56%
4: Thad Smith <ThadSmith@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
24.38%
5: ymuntyan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
25.12%
6: Eligiusz Narutowicz<eligiuszdotnaru@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............... :
25.52%
7: Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
26.03%
8: JoseMariaSola <JoseMariaSola@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................ :
27.12%
9: xyz <lavanyareddy.p@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................. :
27.82%
10: Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............... :
32.38%
11: vippstar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
35.22%
12: Flash Gordon <spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>......................... :
36.01%
13: CBFalconer <cbfalconer@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
38.29%
14: pete <pfiland@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.................................. :
39.94%
15: Harald van =?UTF-8?b?RMSzaw==?= <truedfx@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>............ :
41.80%
16: "Jim Langston" <tazmaster@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>...................... :
41.82%
17: "Default User" <defaultuserbr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>....................... :
42.03%
18: santosh <santosh.k83@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>................................ :
42.34%
19: Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>........................... :
43.39%
20: Peter Nilsson <airia@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>.............................. :
43.42%
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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Garbage collection............................................. :
70
2: lcc-win32 conformance question................................. :
41
3: // comments.................................................... :
40
4: fclose(0)...................................................... :
39
5: K&R2 , exercise 7.6............................................ :
35
6: Is malloc() function provided in <stdlib.h> thread-safe?....... :
34
7: Integer to string conversion................................... :
29
8: time()......................................................... :
24
9: C is best...................................................... :
24
10: string splitting plzzzzzz help me.............................. :
23
11: program bug.................................................... :
22
12: Dev-C++ compiling problem in Vista............................. :
21
13: help required.................................................. :
18
14: Portable replacement........................................... :
17
15: Is cast operator unary or binary? How many operands?........... :
16
16: K&R2, exercise 6.4............................................. :
16
17: sorting the input.............................................. :
16
18: Another dynamic memory doubt................................... :
15
19: Any way to capture stdcout output to memory?................... :
15
20: Help with pointers and absolute memory addresses............... :
15
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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: comp.lang.c Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ List)... :
273
2: Garbage collection............................................. :
181
3: lcc-win32 conformance question................................. :
107
4: // comments.................................................... :
99
5: K&R2 , exercise 7.6............................................ :
98
6: fclose(0)...................................................... :
82
7: doubly-linked list & sorting................................... :
80
8: Is malloc() function provided in <stdlib.h> thread-safe?....... :
71
9: Integer to string conversion................................... :
65
10: comp.lang.c Answers (Abridged) to Frequently Asked Questions (F :
60
11: string splitting plzzzzzz help me.............................. :
53
12: time()......................................................... :
52
13: Dev-C++ compiling problem in Vista............................. :
49
14: C is best...................................................... :
46
15: program bug.................................................... :
42
16: K&R2, exercise 6.4............................................. :
40
17: sorting the input.............................................. :
37
18: Any way to capture stdcout output to memory?................... :
35
19: help required.................................................. :
35
20: Portable replacement........................................... :
35
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Top 7 cross-posted groups
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1: comp.lang.c++.................................................. :
9
2: comp.answers................................................... :
3
3: comp.lang.c.moderated.......................................... :
3
4: news.answers................................................... :
3
5: comp.lang.java.programmer...................................... :
1
6: comp.lang.perl.misc............................................ :
1
7: comp.lang.php.................................................. :
1
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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: G2/1.0......................................................... :
79
2: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... :
15
3: rn............................................................. :
13
4: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213)........................ :
10
5: Pan............................................................ :
8
6: KNode.......................................................... :
8
7: Unknown........................................................ :
7
8: Gnus........................................................... :
6
9: Forte Agent.................................................... :
5
10: Mozilla........................................................ :
5
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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: G2........................................................ : 234
(24%)
2: KNode..................................................... : 134
(14%)
3: Gnus...................................................... : 99
(10%)
4: Mozilla................................................... : 86 (
9%)
5: Outlook Express........................................... : 78 (
8%)
6: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows............................. : 59 (
6%)
7: Pan....................................................... : 48 (
5%)
8: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001).............................. : 46 (
5%)
9: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11.................................. : 44 (
4%)
10: slrn...................................................... : 41 (
4%)
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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0700.......................................................... :
324
2: UTC............................................................ :
182
3: +0200.......................................................... :
104
4: +0100.......................................................... :
85
5: -0400.......................................................... :
81
6: +0530.......................................................... :
70
7: +1200.......................................................... :
42
8: +0500.......................................................... :
29
9: -0500.......................................................... :
27
10: +0200 (CEST)................................................... :
21
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