bill@proxftl.UUCP (T. William Wells) (09/07/88)
I have noticed that the volume in this newsgroup has fallen almost to zero. This is because the new C standard is almost complete and already out in the real world. As evidence for that, note the number of postings that discuss the new standard on comp.lang.c. I suggest that we acknowledge this reality by getting rid of this group and holding further discussions on comp.lang.c. Any comments? (That'll get the volume up! Heh Heh. :-) --- Bill novavax!proxftl!bill
karl@haddock.ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) (09/13/88)
In article <717@proxftl.UUCP> bill@proxftl.UUCP (T. William Wells) writes: >I have noticed that the volume in this newsgroup has fallen >almost to zero. When I saw this, I checked the timestamps on the unexpired articles at this site and found that, on the average, 4.5 arrived each working day. That isn't what I would call near-zero volume. Perhaps you were observing the holiday lull? (Including the weekend articles would lower the average to 3.6, which is, although low in comparison with comp.lang.c, still reasonable compared to *really* low-volume newsgroups like comp.std.misc.) >... note the number of postings that discuss the new standard on comp.lang.c. So, why not try to move those postings to comp.std.c, where they belong? As long as we have the two newsgroups, we ought to try to use them to reduce the uncomfortably heavy traffic in comp.lang.c. Karl W. Z. Heuer (ima!haddock!karl or karl@haddock.isc.com), The Walking Lint