From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <ati2g0$147l6m$1@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 08 Dec 2002 07:21:12 GMT and ending at
15 Dec 2002 05:39:21 GMT.

Notes
=====

    - A line in the body of a post is considered to be original if it
      does *not* match the regular expression /^\s{0,3}(?:>|:|\S+>|\+\+|\|\s+|\*\s)/.
    - All text after the last cut line (/^-- $/) in the body is
      considered to be the author's signature.
    - The scanner prefers the Reply-To: header over the From: header
      in determining the "real" e-mail address and name.
    - Original Content Rating is the ratio of the original content volume
      to the total body volume.
    - Please send all comments to Christopher Browne <········@acm.org>

Totals
======

Posters:  137
Articles: 558 (222 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  56
Volume generated: 1466.8 kb
    - headers:    606.9 kb (9,701 lines)
    - bodies:     821.0 kb (20,960 lines)
    - original:   504.9 kb (13,846 lines)
    - signatures: 38.4 kb (921 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.615

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 4.1
    median: 2 posts
    mode:   1 post - 64 posters
    s:      6.6 posts
Posts per thread: 10.0
    median: 3.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 13 threads
    s:      56.3 posts
Message size: 2691.8 bytes
    - header:     1113.8 bytes (17.4 lines)
    - body:       1506.6 bytes (37.6 lines)
    - original:   926.5 bytes (24.8 lines)
    - signature:  70.4 bytes (1.7 lines)

Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts
=================================

         (kb)   (kb)  (kb)  (kb)
Posts  Volume (  hdr/ body/ orig)  Address
-----  --------------------------  -------

   40   101.5 ( 43.6/ 48.0/ 25.1)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
   37   107.2 ( 45.9/ 54.5/ 24.5)  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
   25    44.6 ( 26.8/ 17.7/ 11.9)  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
   24    86.0 ( 24.9/ 57.3/ 50.5)  Erik Naggum <····@naggum.no>
   23    87.7 ( 32.4/ 55.2/ 31.0)  ···@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
   22    71.9 ( 34.3/ 33.1/ 16.3)  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
   22    60.7 ( 33.8/ 26.8/ 15.3)  Chris Gehlker <·······@fastq.com>
   13    21.4 ( 12.5/  7.5/  4.4)  Paolo Amoroso <·······@mclink.it>
   13    28.2 ( 15.5/ 12.7/  5.8)  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
   12    53.4 ( 11.4/ 41.1/ 27.2)  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>

These posters accounted for 41.4% of all articles.

Top 10 Posters by Volume
========================

  (kb)   (kb)  (kb)  (kb)
Volume (  hdr/ body/ orig)  Posts  Address
--------------------------  -----  -------

 107.2 ( 45.9/ 54.5/ 24.5)     37  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
 101.5 ( 43.6/ 48.0/ 25.1)     40  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
  87.7 ( 32.4/ 55.2/ 31.0)     23  ···@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
  86.0 ( 24.9/ 57.3/ 50.5)     24  Erik Naggum <····@naggum.no>
  71.9 ( 34.3/ 33.1/ 16.3)     22  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
  60.7 ( 33.8/ 26.8/ 15.3)     22  Chris Gehlker <·······@fastq.com>
  53.4 ( 11.4/ 41.1/ 27.2)     12  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
  47.0 (  0.9/ 46.2/ 44.8)      1  ·······@rawbw.com
  44.6 ( 26.8/ 17.7/ 11.9)     25  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
  35.0 (  6.6/ 28.4/  9.6)      6  Jochen Schmidt <···@dataheaven.de>

These posters accounted for 47.4% of the total volume.

Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
==============================================

         (kb)    (kb)
OCR      orig /  body  Posts  Address
-----  --------------  -----  -------

0.923  (  3.6 /  3.9)      5  Raymond Toy <···@rtp.ericsson.se>
0.882  ( 50.5 / 57.3)     24  Erik Naggum <····@naggum.no>
0.864  (  4.8 /  5.5)      6  ····@emf.emf.net (Tom Lord)
0.759  (  9.4 / 12.4)      9  Ray Blaak <·····@telus.net>
0.755  (  3.5 /  4.6)      9  ·······@ancar.org
0.713  (  4.6 /  6.5)      6  Alain Picard <·······················@optushome.com.au>
0.712  (  4.5 /  6.3)      8  Dave Bakhash <·····@alum.mit.edu>
0.672  ( 11.9 / 17.7)     25  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
0.669  (  6.5 /  9.7)      8  Bruce Hoult <·····@hoult.org>
0.668  (  6.9 / 10.3)      7  ·····@corman.net (Roger Corman)

Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
=================================================

         (kb)    (kb)
OCR      orig /  body  Posts  Address
-----  --------------  -----  -------

0.493  ( 16.3 / 33.1)     22  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
0.469  (  5.8 / 12.3)      8  "Wade Humeniuk" <····@nospam.nowhere>
0.457  (  5.8 / 12.7)     13  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
0.457  (  8.9 / 19.4)      8  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
0.450  ( 24.5 / 54.5)     37  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
0.444  (  5.6 / 12.7)      9  "Coby Beck" <·····@mercury.bc.ca>
0.423  (  4.5 / 10.7)      9  Marc Spitzer <········@optonline.net>
0.408  (  2.5 /  6.2)     10  Oleg <············@myrealbox.com>
0.338  (  9.6 / 28.4)      6  Jochen Schmidt <···@dataheaven.de>
0.226  (  1.4 /  6.0)      5  "Dale Lee" <·······@erols.com>

Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts
=================================

Posts  Subject
-----  -------

  211  Re: type safety in LISP
   67  what is false
   58  Why lisp is growing
   31  LOG is surprisingly weak
   14  Re: Poll: StudlyChallenge
   13  Re: image vs source
   11  New to Lisp - executable
    9  Re: Ruby style
    7  lisp implemented in php ?
    7  Re: Why Lisp is not popular. No GUI?

Top 10 Threads by Volume
========================

  (kb)   (kb)  (kb)  (kb)
Volume (  hdr/ body/ orig)  Posts  Subject
--------------------------  -----  -------

 633.8 (273.6/341.9/212.1)    211  Re: type safety in LISP
 188.7 ( 75.3/109.6/ 59.9)     67  what is false
  98.1 ( 53.6/ 41.7/ 21.4)     58  Why lisp is growing
  60.4 (  6.1/ 53.9/ 50.5)      7  Lambda calculus/Lisp - renaming and reduction help!
  56.5 ( 29.2/ 27.0/ 15.2)     31  LOG is surprisingly weak
  41.2 ( 13.7/ 25.9/ 15.6)     13  Re: image vs source
  35.3 (  6.1/ 28.6/ 11.1)      7  doubts on a macro generating HTML
  26.7 ( 10.1/ 15.8/  9.7)      7  Re: Why learn Smalltalk, was Re: Why Lisp is not popular. No GUI?
  23.8 ( 12.1/  9.7/  4.9)     14  Re: Poll: StudlyChallenge
  22.2 (  9.7/ 11.8/  3.4)     11  New to Lisp - executable

Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
==============================================

         (kb)    (kb)
OCR      orig /  body  Posts  Subject
-----  --------------  -----  -------

0.936  ( 50.5/  53.9)      7  Lambda calculus/Lisp - renaming and reduction help!
0.772  (  2.7/   3.5)      4  PROMO: PortusConnect CTI/IVR: $3,000 until 2003
0.760  (  3.1/   4.1)      3  &optional with &key
0.687  (  1.6/   2.3)      3  Getting started: what is a typical programming session?
0.686  (  5.3/   7.7)      4  Re: Discussion of Richard Gabriel on Slashdot / jazz
0.667  (  2.1/   3.1)      3  Re: Lisp and GLUT: So Happy Together
0.660  (  2.7/   4.1)      6  Graham's book a collectible?
0.656  (  2.6/   3.9)      4  Re: Discussion of Richard Gabriel on Slashdot
0.644  (  7.6/  11.8)      3  efficiency, complex numbers
0.637  (  6.8/  10.6)      9  Re: Ruby style

Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
=================================================

         (kb)    (kb)
OCR      orig /  body  Posts  Subject
-----  --------------  -----  -------

0.532  (  1.7 /  3.1)      4  Re: Poll: Which Way Is Up?
0.524  (  3.4 /  6.5)      3  Re: And the winner is... [Re: Poll: StudlyChallenge]
0.521  (  4.0 /  7.7)      7  Re: Why Lisp is not popular. No GUI?
0.513  ( 21.4 / 41.7)     58  Why lisp is growing
0.504  (  4.9 /  9.7)     14  Re: Poll: StudlyChallenge
0.480  (  2.6 /  5.4)      3  Re: Better way to write this function?
0.473  (  1.4 /  3.0)      3  Re: Is there a null-output-stream?
0.458  (  1.6 /  3.6)      3  Re: C++ templates -- was Re: Ruby style
0.388  ( 11.1 / 28.6)      7  doubts on a macro generating HTML
0.288  (  3.4 / 11.8)     11  New to Lisp - executable

Top 10 Targets for Crossposts
=============================

Articles  Newsgroup
--------  ---------

      13  comp.lang.scheme

Top 10 Crossposters
===================

Articles  Address
--------  -------

       2  ilya <············@example.com>
       2  Bruce Lewis <·······@users.sourceforge.net>
       2  MJ Ray <··········@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk>
       2  "Anton van Straaten" <·····@appsolutions.com>
       1  "Tom Crick" <············@hotmail.com>
       1  Harald Hanche-Olsen <······@math.ntnu.no>
       1  ····@pobox.com (····@pobox.com)
       1  ·······@rawbw.com
       1  Taylor Campbell <············@dont.use>
       0  ····@emf.emf.net (Tom Lord)