Go: package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	io := NewIo()
	defer io.Flush()
	for {
		n := io.NextInt()
		if n == 0 {
			break
		}
		accum := make([]int, 86401)
		for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
			s, e := io.Next(), io.Next()
			hs, _ := strconv.Atoi(s[:2])
			ms, _ := strconv.Atoi(s[3:5])
			ss, _ := strconv.Atoi(s[6:8])
			accum[hs*60*60+ms*60+ss]++
			he, _ := strconv.Atoi(e[:2])
			me, _ := strconv.Atoi(e[3:5])
			se, _ := strconv.Atoi(e[6:8])
			accum[he*60*60+me*60+se]--
		}
		ans := 0
		for i := 1; i < 86401; i++ {
			accum[i] += accum[i-1]
			ans = intMax(accum[i], ans)
		}
		io.Println(ans)
	}
}

func intMax(a, b int) int {
	if a < b {
		return b
	}
	return a
}

// I/O template
type Io struct {
	reader    *bufio.Reader
	writer    *bufio.Writer
	tokens    []string
	nextToken int
}

func NewIo() *Io {
	return &Io{
		reader: bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin),
		writer: bufio.NewWriter(os.Stdout),
	}
}

func (io *Io) Flush() {
	err := io.writer.Flush()
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
}

func (io *Io) NextLine() string {
	var buff []byte
	for {
		line, isPrefix, err := io.reader.ReadLine()
		if err != nil {
			panic(err)
		}
		buff = append(buff, line...)
		if !isPrefix {
			break
		}
	}
	return string(buff)
}

func (io *Io) Next() string {
	for io.nextToken >= len(io.tokens) {
		line := io.NextLine()
		io.tokens = strings.Fields(line)
		io.nextToken = 0
	}
	s := io.tokens[io.nextToken]
	io.nextToken++
	return s
}

func (io *Io) NextInt() int {
	i, err := strconv.Atoi(io.Next())
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	return i
}

func (io *Io) NextFloat() float64 {
	i, err := strconv.ParseFloat(io.Next(), 64)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	return i
}

func (io *Io) Println(a ...interface{}) {
	fmt.Fprintln(io.writer, a...)
}

func (io *Io) Printf(format string, a ...interface{}) {
	fmt.Fprintf(io.writer, format, a...)
}

func (io *Io) PrintIntSlice(a []int) {
	b := []interface{}{}
	for _, x := range a {
		b = append(b, x)
	}
	io.Println(b...)
}

func (io *Io) PrintStringSlice(a []string) {
	b := []interface{}{}
	for _, x := range a {
		b = append(b, x)
	}
	io.Println(b...)
}

func Log(name string, value interface{}) {
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s=%+v\n", name, value)
}

func ExampleIo() {
	io := NewIo()
	defer io.Flush()
	a := make([]int, 0, 3)
	a[0], a[1], a[2] = io.NextInt(), io.NextInt(), io.NextInt()
	io.Println(a)
	io.PrintIntSlice(a)
	Log("io", a)
}

C++: #include "bits/stdc++.h"
 
using namespace std;
typedef vector<int> VI;
typedef vector<VI> VVI;
typedef vector<VVI> VVVI;
typedef vector<string> VS;
typedef pair<int, int> PII;
typedef vector<PII> VPII;
typedef long long LL;
typedef priority_queue<int> PQ_DESC;
typedef priority_queue<int, vector<int>, greater<int>> PQ_ASC;
typedef priority_queue<PII> PQ_DESC_PII;
typedef priority_queue<PII, vector<PII>, greater<PII>> PQ_ASC_PII;
typedef vector<LL> VLL;
typedef vector<VLL> VVLL;
typedef vector<VVLL> VVVLL;

#define SORT_ASC(c) sort((c).begin(), (c).end())
#define SORT_DESC(c) sort((c).begin(), (c).end(), greater<typeof((c).begin())>())
 
#define FOR(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i<(b);++i)
#define REP(i,n)  FOR(i,0,n)
#define FORL(i,a,b) for(LL i=(a);i<(b);++i)
#define REPL(i,n)  FORL(i,0,n)
#define ALL(a) (a).begin(),(a).end()
 
const double EPS = 1e-10;
const double PI  = acos(-1.0);

 //debug func
template<typename T>
void vprint(vector<T> v) {
    for(auto x : v) {
        cerr << x << " ";
    }
    cerr << endl;
}
 
template<typename T>
void vvprint(vector<vector<T>> vv) {
    REP(i, SIZE(vv)) {
        REP(j, SIZE(vv[i])) {
            cerr << vv[i][j] << " ";
        }
        cerr << endl;
    }
}

template <typename Iterator>
inline bool next_combination(const Iterator first, Iterator k, const Iterator last)
{
   /* Credits: Thomas Draper */
   if ((first == last) || (first == k) || (last == k))
      return false;
   Iterator itr1 = first;
   Iterator itr2 = last;
   ++itr1;
   if (last == itr1)
      return false;
   itr1 = last;
   --itr1;
   itr1 = k;
   --itr2;
   while (first != itr1)
   {
      if (*--itr1 < *itr2)
      {
         Iterator j = k;
         while (!(*itr1 < *j)) ++j;
         iter_swap(itr1,j);
         ++itr1;
         ++j;
         itr2 = k;
         rotate(itr1,j,last);
         while (last != j)
         {
            ++j;
            ++itr2;
         }
         rotate(k,itr2,last);
         return true;
      }
   }
   rotate(first,k,last);
   return false;
}

inline double get_time_sec(void){
    return static_cast<double>(chrono::duration_cast<chrono::nanoseconds>(chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch()).count())/1000000000;
}

template<typename T>
T gcd(T a, T b) {
    if(a > b) swap(a, b);
    if(a == 0) return b;
    else return gcd(b%a, a);
}

template<typename T>
T lcm(T a, T b) {
    return (a / gcd(a, b)) * b;
}

template<typename T>
map<T, T> prime_list(T n) {
    map<T, T> ret;
    for(T i = 2; i*i <= n; i++) {
        if(n % i == 0) {
            ret[i] = 0;
            while(n % i == 0) {
                n /= i;
                ret[i]++;
            }
        }
    }
    if(n != 1) ret[n]++;
    return ret;
}

#define MOD 1000000007

LL mypow(LL a, LL n) {
    if(n == 1) return a % MOD;
    if(n % 2 == 1) return (a * mypow(a, n-1)) % MOD;
    LL t = mypow(a, n/2);
    return (t * t) % MOD; 
}

LL mycomb(LL n, LL k) {
    if(n == 0 || n == k) return 1;
    LL x = 1, y = 1;
    REP(i, k) {
        x = x * (n-i) % MOD;
        y = y * (i+1) % MOD;
    }
    return x * mypow(y, MOD - 2) % MOD;
}

#define INF 1e8
#define SZ 86405

int main(void) {
    while(1) {
        int n;
        cin >> n;
        if(n == 0) return 0;
        VI cnt(SZ, 0);
        REP(i, n) {
            string s, t;
            cin >> s >> t;
            int start = 0, end = 0;
            start += stoi(s.substr(0, 2)) * 3600;
            start += stoi(s.substr(3, 2)) * 60;
            start += stoi(s.substr(6, 2));
            end += stoi(t.substr(0, 2)) * 3600;
            end += stoi(t.substr(3, 2)) * 60;
            end += stoi(t.substr(6, 2));
            cnt[start]++;
            cnt[end]--;
        }
        FOR(i, 1, SZ) cnt[i] += cnt[i-1];
        int ans = 0;
        REP(i, SZ) ans = max(ans, cnt[i]);
        cout << ans << endl;
    }
}

C++: #include <vector>
#include <cstdio>
using namespace std;

int main(){
    vector< vector<int> > trains;
    int n,i,j,k,f,t,h,m,s,flg;
    vector<int> buf(86401,0);
    while(1){
        scanf("%d",&n);
        if(!n){break;}
        for(i=0;i<n;i++){
            scanf("%d:%d:%d",&h,&m,&s);
            f=h*3600+m*60+s;
            scanf("%d:%d:%d",&h,&m,&s);
            t=h*3600+m*60+s;
            if(trains.empty()){
                for(j=f;j<=t;j++){buf[i]=1;}
                trains.push_back(buf);
            }
            else{
                for(auto itr=trains.begin();itr!=trains.end();itr++){
                    flg=0;
                    for(j=f+1;j<t;j++){if((*itr)[j]){flg=1;break;}} 
                    if(!flg){
                        for(j=f;j<=t;j++){(*itr)[j]=1;}
                        break;
                    }
                }
                if(flg){
                    for(j=f;j<=t;j++){buf[j]=1;}
                    trains.push_back(buf);
                }
            }
            fill(buf.begin(),buf.end(),0);
        }
        printf("%lu\n",trains.size());
    }
    return 0;
}