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From: cbbrowne@lion.waterloo.edu (Christopher Browne)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: Newsgroup Readers
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Date: 29 Nov 89 23:30:44 GMT
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In article <379@ping.UUCP> gorpong@ping.UUCP (Gordon C. Galligher) writes:
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>Make that 11.  I read it, but since I don't even know FORTH enough to be
>dangerous I don't dare post.

I guess that I can make it at least 12.  I am a regular reader who
hasn't done enough real coding in Forth to have any strong opinions
that I'm willing to express.

Of course, I think we could count something resembling the real number
of readers.  Every few months they used to run a survey of the number
of readers on each news group.  The backbone machines would run a
program (I can't remember the name, but it kept being reposted & had
some catchy name) that read their users' .newsrc files & sent the data
to some central information repository.  This individual would combine
the stats & publish various lists (including Top 10's and Bottom
10's).  The census was only approximate (estimated based on a bunch of
the larger machines), but gave an idea of readership.  I haven't seen
one of those surveys in a year or two...
Christopher Browne
cbbrowne@watlion
University of Waterloo
ACM Scholastic Programming Contest: Internationals in 1991!!!