From: dstubbs@pea.csc.calpoly.edu (Dan Stubbs)
Subject: Number of postings to comp.lang.* newsgroups.
Date: 1996/11/19
Date: 1996-11-19T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56ti81$e0u@pea.csc.calpoly.edu> (raw)
The following is the number of postings (for all time) to the "top
twenty" groups in comp.lang.*. I don't believe there is any special
significance to this list, but believe it is as interesting as most
"top n" lists.
+------+-------+-----------------------------+
| rank | #posts| language in comp.lang.* |
+------+-------+-----------------------------+
1. 133,135 comp.lang.c++
2. 125,582 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc
3. 105,277 comp.lang.c
4. 73,312 comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc
5. 53,962 comp.lang.perl.misc
6. 37,853 comp.lang.tcl
7. 32,553 comp.lang.asm.x86
8. 31,080 comp.lang.ada
9. 31,055 comp.lang.pascal.delphi.atabases
10. 30,505 comp.lang.basic.visual.databae
+-----+--------+-----------------------------+
11. 29,540 comp.lang.smlltalk
12. 28,053 comp.lang.pascal.borland
13. 25,400 comp.lang.basic.misc
14. 24,925 comp.lang.clipper
15. 22,224 comp.lang.fortran
16. 20,590 comp.lang.javascript
17. 19,770 comp.lang.java.programmer
18. 18,968 comp.lang.postscript
19. 18,089 comp.lang.basic.visual.3rdparty
20. 14,074 comp.lang.cobol
+-----+--------+-----------------------------+
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1996-11-19 0:00 Dan Stubbs [this message]
1996-11-20 0:00 ` Number of postings to comp.lang.* newsgroups Tore Lund
1996-12-02 0:00 ` Larry W. Virden
1996-12-03 0:00 ` ccrayne
1996-12-04 0:00 ` Larry W. Virden
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