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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: 894 over 7 days
Earliest article: Sat Mar 28 19:08:02 2009
Latest article: Sat Apr 4 20:04:04 2009
Original articles: 61, replies: 833
Total size of posts: 2,288,634 bytes (2,234K) (2.18M)
Average 127 articles per day, 0.31 MB per day, 2,559 bytes per article
Total headers: 1,077 KB bodies: 1,157 KB
Body text - quoted: 509 KB, original: 568 KB = 52.74%, sigs: 75 KB
Total number of posters: 155, average 14,765 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 93, average 24,608 bytes per thread
Total number of User-Agents: 36

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Top 20 posters by number of articles
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1: Keith Thompson <kst->................................. : 65
2: Han from China <autistic->................. : 59
3: CBFalconer <>............................ .. : 58
4: Richard Heathfield <>....................... : 31
5: (Kenny McCormack)................... : 27
6: James Kuyper <>....................... .. : 26
7: jacob navia <>................................ . : 25
8: (Richard Bos)................................ : 22
9: Ben Bacarisse <>.......................... . : 22
10: David Schwartz <>.......................... : 21
11: pete <>.......................... ........ : 20
12: jameskuyper <>......................... . : 19
13: (Richard Harter).................................. : 18
14: Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com>............................... ..... : 17
15: Eric Sosman <>..................... : 16
16: erbm <>............................... ........ : 13
17: Eric Sosman <>............................. . : 12
18: ..................................... : 12
19: ............................................. : 12
20: Francis Moreau <>........................ : 11

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Top 20 posters by avg. article size in bytes
(at least 5 posts)
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1: Jun Woong <>................................. ... : 3662
2: David Schwartz <>.......................... : 3497
3: Rainer Weikusat <>........................ : 3310
4: (Jens Thoms Toerring)........................... : 3264
5: (Richard Harter).................................. : 3260
6: user923005 <>............................... .. : 3163
7: Keith Thompson <kst->................................. : 3155
8: Eric Sosman <>............................. . : 2982
9: Mark McIntyre <>.............. . : 2908
10: James Kuyper <>....................... .. : 2805
11: LL <>............................. .......... : 2754
12: "JosephKK"<>............... ............. : 2747
13: Eric Sosman <>..................... : 2742
14: jameskuyper <>......................... . : 2718
15: Richard Heathfield <>....................... : 2717
16: Francis Moreau <>........................ : 2678
17: jacob navia <>................................ . : 2670
18: Walter Banks <>.......................... .. : 2647
19: luserXtrog <>............................... .. : 2636
20: Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com>............................... ..... : 2624

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Top 20 responders by original text (at least 5 posts)
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1: erbm <>............................... ........ : 86.67%
2: Han from China <autistic->................. : 64.03%
3: David Schwartz <>.......................... : 62.57%
4: Martin Ambuhl <>......................... . : 61.10%
5: jameskuyper <>......................... . : 60.22%
6: (Jens Thoms Toerring)........................... : 59.50%
7: (Richard Tobin)........................ : 59.21%
8: "Skybuck Flying" <>..................... : 57.75%
9: Rainer Weikusat <>........................ : 56.23%
10: Mark McIntyre <>.............. . : 54.91%
11: user923005 <>............................... .. : 54.38%
12: James Kuyper <>....................... .. : 53.97%
13: Eric Sosman <>............................. . : 52.53%
14: (Kenny McCormack)................... : 52.48%
15: ............................................. : 52.04%
16: Richard Heathfield <>....................... : 50.49%
17: Rob Clarke <>............................. .. : 49.64%
18: Boon <root@localhost>.................................. ........ : 48.58%
19: jacob navia <>................................ . : 48.54%
20: (Richard Bos)................................ : 47.91%

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Bottom 20 responders by original text (at least 5 posts)
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1: LL <>............................. .......... : 13.68%
2: Phil Carmody <>............... .. : 22.91%
3: Richard <rgrdev_@gmail.com>............................... ..... : 24.98%
4: Golden California Girls <>............... : 26.04%
5: Andrey Vul <>............................ .. : 28.02%
6: Ben Bacarisse <>.......................... . : 29.57%
7: pete <>.......................... ........ : 29.92%
8: Francis Moreau <>........................ : 31.62%
9: Barry Schwarz <>............................. . : 31.81%
10: Flash Gordon <>......................... : 32.54%
11: "JosephKK"<>............... ............. : 32.86%
12: "Default User" <>....................... : 35.38%
13: CBFalconer <>............................ .. : 35.55%
14: Cross <>.......................................... ....... : 36.00%
15: Jun Woong <>................................. ... : 36.97%
16: "Ivan A. Kosarev" <>............................. : 37.89%
17: (Richard Harter).................................. : 41.36%
18: Walter Banks <>.......................... .. : 42.08%
19: luserXtrog <>............................... .. : 43.59%
20: ..................................... : 46.36%

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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: switch() Statement Question.................................... : 156
2: C as a scripting language...................................... : 74
3: C scripting (continued)....................................... . : 53
4: pointer to const int........................................... : 39
5: finding maximum........................................... ..... : 38
6: Explanation of ? operator missing in reference guide........... : 29
7: Strange - a simple assignment statement shows error in VC++ but : 29
8: Strange - a simple assignment statement shows error in VC++ but : 27
9: char type size.............................................. ... : 27
10: Help - trying to serialize a struct............................ : 24
11: how this works? is it or bug or not???......................... : 24
12: size_t compare with zero....................................... : 22
13: C90 penetration....................................... ......... : 21
14: Can inclusion of a printf() effect a calculation? Please help!! : 19
15: Portable/standard way of counting number of bits in variable?.. : 17
16: another macro include question................................. : 16
17: Help me understand why and where recursion performs better..... : 14
18: please help a beginner......................................... : 12
19: How implement alfa channel..................................... : 10
20: Corrected: Proposal: Increasing type safety with a keyword..... : 10

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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: switch() Statement Question.................................... : 358
2: C as a scripting language...................................... : 191
3: C scripting (continued)....................................... . : 140
4: pointer to const int........................................... : 97
5: Strange - a simple assignment statement shows error in VC++ but : 90
6: Strange - a simple assignment statement shows error in VC++ but : 76
7: finding maximum........................................... ..... : 75
8: char type size.............................................. ... : 70
9: Help - trying to serialize a struct............................ : 57
10: C90 penetration....................................... ......... : 56
11: Explanation of ? operator missing in reference guide........... : 56
12: how this works? is it or bug or not???......................... : 52
13: ~~~ BLUES ~~~............................................... ... : 51
14: size_t compare with zero....................................... : 45
15: Can inclusion of a printf() effect a calculation? Please help!! : 43
16: another macro include question................................. : 34
17: Portable/standard way of counting number of bits in variable?.. : 33
18: Help me understand why and where recursion performs better..... : 29
19: please help a beginner......................................... : 29
20: Strange - a simple assignment statement shows error in VC++ but : 24

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Top 10 cross-posted groups
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1: microsoft.public.vc.language...................... ............. : 74
2: comp.os.linux.development.apps.................... ............. : 36
3: comp.lang.perl.misc............................... ............. : 31
4: comp.os.linux.advocacy............................ ............. : 28
5: gnu.gcc.help...................................... ............. : 15
6: comp.std.c........................................ ............. : 8
7: comp.programming.................................. ............. : 7
8: soc.culture.usa................................... ............. : 4
9: alt.lawyers....................................... ............. : 4
10: can.legal......................................... ............. : 4

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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: G2/1.0............................................... .......... : 58
2: Gnus.............................................. ............. : 14
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302)........................ : 12
4: rn................................................ ............. : 12
5: Unknown........................................... ............. : 8
6: Forte Agent............................................. ....... : 7
7: KNode............................................. ............. : 6
8: Mozilla........................................... ............. : 5
9: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : 5
10: Pan............................................... ............. : 4

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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: G2................................................ ........ : 194 (22%)
2: Gnus.............................................. ........ : 131 (15%)
3: unknown........................................... ........ : 81 ( 9%)
4: Mozilla........................................... ........ : 81 ( 9%)
5: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows............................. : 75 ( 8%)
6: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001).............................. : 46 ( 5%)
7: Forte Free Agent.......................................... : 40 ( 4%)
8: KNode............................................. ........ : 40 ( 4%)
9: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (X11................................. : 26 ( 3%)
10: Forte Agent............................................. .. : 25 ( 3%)

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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0700.............................................. ............ : 283
2: UTC............................................... ............. : 209
3: -0500.............................................. ............ : 101
4: +0200............................................. ............. : 75
5: -0600.............................................. ............ : 70
6: -0400.............................................. ............ : 59
7: +0100............................................. ............. : 57
8: +0300............................................. ............. : 14
9: +0400............................................. ............. : 10
10: +0530............................................. ............. : 6

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