From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FROM_WORDY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,cec20777e0d41ea0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-08 16:16:54 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.flash.net!news.flash.net!not-for-mail From: "Ken Garlington" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <3A82EFA2.C8756B09@acm.org> <87r918ap58.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> Subject: Re: Increased Interest In Ada? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 00:16:39 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.67.100.51 X-Complaints-To: abuse@flash.net X-Trace: news.flash.net 981677799 65.67.100.51 (Thu, 08 Feb 2001 18:16:39 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 18:16:39 CST Organization: FlashNet Communications, http://www.flash.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5034 Date: 2001-02-09T00:16:39+00:00 List-Id: Wouldn't a more relevant statistic be the number of posters? "Florian Weimer" wrote in message news:87r918ap58.fsf@deneb.enyo.de... : Marin David Condic writes: : : > This is just a perceptual observation, but it seems that C.L.A. is : > enjoying an increased participation level in recent months. Does anybody : > else share this perception? Has anybody looked at the statistics to know : > if there has been a significant increase any time recently? : : The UUNET numbers are remarkable: : : November 2000: 877 postings : December 2000: 1007 postings : January 2001: 1317 postings : : (My archive of de.admin.lists where these statistics are posted : doesn't go back further.) : : > If true, it would be a good sign. : : The January number is probably influenced by Latin and other : irrelevant topics. ;-)