CLC stats
8/16/2008 7:07:00 PM
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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: 890 over 7 days
Earliest article: Sat Aug 9 20:08:02 2008
Latest article: Sat Aug 16 20:04:05 2008
Original articles: 45, replies: 845
Total size of posts: 2,330,158 bytes (2,275K) (2.22M)
Average 127 articles per day, 0.32 MB per day, 2,618 bytes per article
Total headers: 1,093 KB bodies: 1,181 KB
Body text - quoted: 549 KB, original: 473 KB = 46.29%, sigs: 154 KB
Total number of posters: 139, average 16,763 bytes per poster
Total number of threads: 79, average 29,495 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: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>................................. : 78
2: Richard Heathfield <rjh@see.sig.invalid>....................... : 76
3: CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com>.............................. : 74
4: Antoninus Twink <nospam@nospam.invalid>........................ : 46
5: santosh <santosh.k83@gmail.com>................................ : 25
6: vippstar@gmail.com............................................. : 25
7: Flash Gordon <spam@flash-gordon.me.uk>......................... : 24
8: Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>............................. : 23
9: James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net>......................... : 22
10: rlb@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl (Richard Bos)....................... : 20
11: jameskuyper@verizon.net........................................ : 18
12: s0suk3@gmail.com............................................... : 18
13: Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com>.............................. : 16
14: Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>........................... : 16
15: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)........................ : 15
16: mdh <mdeh@comcast.net>......................................... : 15
17: "Chris M. Thomasson" <no@spam.invalid>......................... : 14
18: Hongyu <hongyu_wu@yahoo.com>................................... : 14
19: Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com>............... : 13
20: "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com>....................... : 12
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Top 20 posters by average article size in bytes (at least 5 posts)
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1: Hongyu <hongyu_wu@yahoo.com>................................... : 4145
2: mathieu <mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com>.......................... : 3814
3: Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net>................................. : 3761
4: Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com>............... : 3446
5: Eric Sosman <Eric.Sosman@sun.com>.............................. : 3436
6: Joe Wright <joewwright@comcast.net>............................ : 3165
7: Richard Heathfield <rjh@see.sig.invalid>....................... : 3153
8: jameskuyper@verizon.net........................................ : 3070
9: s0suk3@gmail.com............................................... : 3037
10: Flash Gordon <spam@flash-gordon.me.uk>......................... : 2938
11: James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net>......................... : 2903
12: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>................................. : 2731
13: roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson).................. : 2626
14: Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com>.............................. : 2595
15: pete <pfiland@mindspring.com>.................................. : 2579
16: Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>..................... : 2547
17: mdh <mdeh@comcast.net>......................................... : 2515
18: vippstar@gmail.com............................................. : 2477
19: spambait@milmac.com (Doug Miller).............................. : 2466
20: David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net>.................... : 2460
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Top 20 responders by original text (at least 5 posts)
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1: roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson).................. : 76.45%
2: Chris Torek <nospam@torek.net>................................. : 69.33%
3: Adeel Hasan Akbari <adeel.akbari@gmail.com>.................... : 65.81%
4: lawrence.jones@siemens.com..................................... : 64.12%
5: gazelle@xmission.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack)................ : 60.62%
6: Antoninus Twink <nospam@nospam.invalid>........................ : 59.31%
7: Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>..................... : 56.27%
8: James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net>......................... : 56.26%
9: jt@toerring.de (Jens Thoms Toerring)........................... : 56.22%
10: Eric Sosman <Eric.Sosman@sun.com>.............................. : 55.74%
11: pete <pfiland@mindspring.com>.................................. : 54.23%
12: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)........................ : 53.74%
13: jameskuyper@verizon.net........................................ : 53.27%
14: David Thompson <dave.thompson2@verizon.net>.................... : 52.87%
15: Richard Heathfield <rjh@see.sig.invalid>....................... : 51.22%
16: Andrew Poelstra <nospam@nospam.com>............................ : 50.36%
17: Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>................................. : 47.53%
18: "Serve Lau" <nihao@qinqin.com>................................. : 46.49%
19: Harald van =?UTF-8?b?RMSzaw==?= <truedfx@gmail.com>............ : 46.17%
20: "Bartc" <bc@freeuk.com>........................................ : 43.14%
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Bottom 20 responders by original text (at least 5 posts)
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1: Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com>............................. : 21.01%
2: Joe Wright <joewwright@comcast.net>............................ : 21.23%
3: mathieu <mathieu.malaterre@gmail.com>.......................... : 23.34%
4: Hongyu <hongyu_wu@yahoo.com>................................... : 25.71%
5: Richard<rgrdev@gmail.com>...................................... : 27.34%
6: vippstar@gmail.com............................................. : 27.38%
7: mdh <mdeh@comcast.net>......................................... : 28.33%
8: CBFalconer <cbfalconer@yahoo.com>.............................. : 29.09%
9: Pranav <pranav026@gmail.com>................................... : 29.69%
10: Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com>.............................. : 29.74%
11: s0suk3@gmail.com............................................... : 33.45%
12: Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com>............... : 34.16%
13: Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>........................... : 34.17%
14: spambait@milmac.com (Doug Miller).............................. : 34.21%
15: santosh <santosh.k83@gmail.com>................................ : 34.83%
16: rlb@hoekstra-uitgeverij.nl (Richard Bos)....................... : 34.86%
17: "Chris M. Thomasson" <no@spam.invalid>......................... : 38.34%
18: Flash Gordon <spam@flash-gordon.me.uk>......................... : 41.78%
19: "Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com>....................... : 41.83%
20: "Bartc" <bc@freeuk.com>........................................ : 43.14%
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Top 20 threads by no. of articles
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1: Why is it dangerous?........................................... : 155
2: How to write to a file including full directory in C under Unix : 64
3: scanf doubt.................................................... : 55
4: catching exit.................................................. : 43
5: Parsing a PATH null-terminated variable........................ : 34
6: Variable naming conventions.................................... : 33
7: what's meaning of this ?....................................... : 30
8: Spaceball Source Code.......................................... : 30
9: where do the automatic variables go ?.......................... : 20
10: Array definition guarantees.................................... : 18
11: how to find number of bytes freed.............................. : 18
12: Parsing a struct with bytes.................................... : 17
13: a basic question,need help..................................... : 17
14: "Usanians" (was Re: Why is it dangerous?)...................... : 16
15: question about fread function.................................. : 15
16: tokens......................................................... : 15
17: Storgae durations.............................................. : 14
18: value of bit................................................... : 14
19: Need help - pointers........................................... : 13
20: improved C1X security.......................................... : 13
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Top 20 threads by size in KB
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1: Why is it dangerous?........................................... : 441
2: How to write to a file including full directory in C under Unix : 170
3: scanf doubt.................................................... : 160
4: catching exit.................................................. : 117
5: Parsing a PATH null-terminated variable........................ : 86
6: Spaceball Source Code.......................................... : 71
7: Variable naming conventions.................................... : 71
8: what's meaning of this ?....................................... : 66
9: comp.lang.c Answers (Abridged) to Frequently Asked Questions (F : 60
10: Parsing a struct with bytes.................................... : 52
11: where do the automatic variables go ?.......................... : 50
12: Array definition guarantees.................................... : 50
13: "Usanians" (was Re: Why is it dangerous?)...................... : 44
14: a basic question,need help..................................... : 39
15: question about fread function.................................. : 39
16: how to find number of bytes freed.............................. : 36
17: tokens......................................................... : 33
18: how to remove code duplication................................. : 32
19: [OT] "Usanians" (was Re: Why is it dangerous?)................. : 31
20: Need help - pointers........................................... : 30
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Top 8 cross-posted groups
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1: comp.programming............................................... : 8
2: comp.unix.programmer........................................... : 7
3: comp.lang.c++.................................................. : 3
4: bit.listserv.ibm-main.......................................... : 3
5: comp.os.linux.development.apps................................. : 2
6: comp.answers................................................... : 1
7: comp.lang.c.moderated.......................................... : 1
8: news.answers................................................... : 1
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Top 10 User Agents by poster
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1: G2/1.0......................................................... : 49
2: rn............................................................. : 20
3: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708)........................ : 11
4: Unknown........................................................ : 11
5: Microsoft Outlook Express...................................... : 7
6: Gnus........................................................... : 5
7: KNode.......................................................... : 5
8: Pan............................................................ : 4
9: Forte Agent.................................................... : 4
10: Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0.6001.18000.......................... : 3
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Top 10 User Agents by number of posts
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1: G2........................................................ : 204 (23%)
2: Mozilla................................................... : 99 (11%)
3: Gnus...................................................... : 98 (11%)
4: KNode..................................................... : 82 ( 9%)
5: slrn...................................................... : 68 ( 8%)
6: unknown................................................... : 46 ( 5%)
7: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows............................. : 43 ( 5%)
8: trn 4.0-test76 (Apr 2, 2001).............................. : 39 ( 4%)
9: Outlook Express........................................... : 28 ( 3%)
10: Forte Agent............................................... : 26 ( 3%)
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Top 10 time zones
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1: -0700.......................................................... : 320
2: UTC............................................................ : 282
3: -0400.......................................................... : 124
4: +0100.......................................................... : 47
5: +0200.......................................................... : 41
6: +0530.......................................................... : 25
7: +1200.......................................................... : 23
8: -0500.......................................................... : 15
9: +0800.......................................................... : 4
10: +0200 (CEST)................................................... : 4
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