XPost: comp.arch.embedded   
   From: johnl@taugh.com   
      
   >HTTPS://compilers.IECC.com/comparch/article   
   >has many non-existent articles for a month - e.g. December 2004 and March   
   >2018 - are all these non-existent articles before a month's last existent   
   >article really monthly FAQ articles?   
      
   Here's the index for December 2004.  Looks OK to me.   
      
   https://compilers.iecc.com/comparch/index/2004-12   
      
   >Mboxes are convenient for threads.   
   >   
   >Downloading compressed mboxes of comp.compilers via FTP would take upto a   
   >few minutes. Instead, downloading HTML versions via HTTPS took more than 1   
   day.   
      
   The mboxes still exist.  If someone asked nicely it would not be hard to put   
   them   
   on the web server.   
      
   R's,   
   John   
      
   PS:   
   >different computer languages), with an estimated readership of over   
   >100,000."   
   >says   
   >HTTPS://WWW.JohnLevine.com/about.phtml   
   >   
   >How do you estimate a news group's readership?   
      
   based on the number if news servers several decades ago when I wrote that   
      
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