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by pjmlp 119 days ago
You can go into Usenet archives, and ads on digital copies from Byte, Computer Shopper, Dr. Dobbs, PC Techniques, The C Users Journal, The C/C++ Users Journal, Your Sinclair, Amiga Format, MicroHobby, Micromania, SoloProgamadores, Spooler,...

And see which compiler toolchains had more ads, articles submissions, or source code listings.
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wolvesechoes 118 days ago
Yes, but then you are using two separate metrics to quantify the adoption, and that was my point.

What's the conversion ratio of 1 article in Dr.Dobbs to YT video or Twitter post by a dev-celebrity?

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