From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <aoucpc$pnr9j$1@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 13 Oct 2002 07:25:37 GMT and ending at
20 Oct 2002 02:54:57 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>

Excluded Posters
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····················@mox\.perl\.com

Totals
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Posters:  121
Articles: 465 (197 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  62
Volume generated: 1194.8 kb
    - headers:    480.8 kb (7,812 lines)
    - bodies:     681.9 kb (19,932 lines)
    - original:   451.7 kb (14,920 lines)
    - signatures: 31.7 kb (707 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.662

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 3.8
    median: 2 posts
    mode:   1 post - 53 posters
    s:      6.7 posts
Posts per thread: 7.5
    median: 3.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 20 threads
    s:      13.6 posts
Message size: 2631.1 bytes
    - header:     1058.7 bytes (16.8 lines)
    - body:       1501.6 bytes (42.9 lines)
    - original:   994.6 bytes (32.1 lines)
    - signature:  69.8 bytes (1.5 lines)

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

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

   52   175.2 ( 54.6/112.3/ 92.7)  Erik Naggum <····@naggum.no>
   25    53.1 ( 27.0/ 26.1/ 20.1)  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
   22    49.4 ( 23.4/ 26.0/ 13.9)  "Kenny Tilton" <·······@nyc.rr.com>
   16    49.6 ( 19.3/ 30.3/ 11.4)  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
   15    28.0 ( 18.5/  9.5/  5.3)  Will Deakin <···········@hotmail.com>
   15    62.9 ( 20.0/ 42.8/ 22.2)  ·······@ai.mit.edu (Jeremy H. Brown)
   14    32.0 ( 13.3/ 18.8/ 15.3)  ············@yahoo.com (Greg Neumann)
   14    50.9 ( 13.9/ 34.3/ 26.9)  Christopher Browne <········@acm.org>
   12    27.9 (  9.4/ 18.5/ 12.9)  "Adam Warner" <······@consulting.net.nz>
   10    20.2 (  7.1/ 13.1/ 10.1)  Jacek Generowicz <················@cern.ch>

These posters accounted for 41.9% of all articles.

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

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

 175.2 ( 54.6/112.3/ 92.7)     52  Erik Naggum <····@naggum.no>
  62.9 ( 20.0/ 42.8/ 22.2)     15  ·······@ai.mit.edu (Jeremy H. Brown)
  53.1 ( 27.0/ 26.1/ 20.1)     25  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
  50.9 ( 13.9/ 34.3/ 26.9)     14  Christopher Browne <········@acm.org>
  49.6 ( 19.3/ 30.3/ 11.4)     16  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
  49.4 ( 23.4/ 26.0/ 13.9)     22  "Kenny Tilton" <·······@nyc.rr.com>
  32.8 (  7.4/ 25.4/ 14.8)      6  ···@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
  32.0 ( 13.3/ 18.8/ 15.3)     14  ············@yahoo.com (Greg Neumann)
  28.0 (  8.6/ 15.0/  8.3)     10  ···@apocalypse.OCF.Berkeley.EDU (Thomas F. Burdick)
  28.0 ( 18.5/  9.5/  5.3)     15  Will Deakin <···········@hotmail.com>

These posters accounted for 47.0% of the total volume.

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

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

1.000  (  4.9 /  4.9)      8  Vassil Nikolov <········@poboxes.com>
0.905  ( 14.8 / 16.3)      5  ····@cawtech.freeserve.co.uk (Alan S. Crowe)
0.825  ( 92.7 /112.3)     52  Erik Naggum <····@naggum.no>
0.816  ( 15.3 / 18.8)     14  ············@yahoo.com (Greg Neumann)
0.809  (  5.0 /  6.2)      6  Steven E . Harris <········@raytheon.com>
0.786  ( 26.9 / 34.3)     14  Christopher Browne <········@acm.org>
0.774  ( 10.1 / 13.1)     10  Jacek Generowicz <················@cern.ch>
0.769  ( 20.1 / 26.1)     25  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
0.746  (  6.4 /  8.6)      5  ···@ashi.footprints.net (Kaz Kylheku)
0.735  (  6.9 /  9.4)      7  ······@dtpq.com (Christopher C. Stacy)

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

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

0.536  ( 13.9 / 26.0)     22  "Kenny Tilton" <·······@nyc.rr.com>
0.519  ( 22.2 / 42.8)     15  ·······@ai.mit.edu (Jeremy H. Brown)
0.498  (  2.2 /  4.5)      5  Barry Margolin <······@genuity.net>
0.476  (  7.7 / 16.1)      7  Peter Seibel <·····@localhost.localdomain>
0.459  (  4.6 / 10.0)      5  "Wade Humeniuk" <····@nospam.nowhere>
0.444  (  3.4 /  7.7)      5  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
0.375  ( 11.4 / 30.3)     16  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
0.374  (  2.1 /  5.5)      5  "Martin Simmons" <······@xanalys.com>
0.339  (  2.2 /  6.5)      9  arien <·············@getlost.invalid>
0.327  (  1.9 /  5.7)      7  Marco Antoniotti <·······@cs.nyu.edu>

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

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

   69  Re: Difference between LISP and C++
   51  Re: CLOS is hard. Let's go shopping  (Was Re: Lisp in Python)
   36  Re: "Well, I want to switch over to replace EMACS LISP with Guile."
   29  How much use of CLOS?
   23  Re: "Well, I want to switch over to replace EMACS LISP with Guile." (was Re: Lisp in Python)
   19  Accessing enclosed symbol.
   16  Re: When to recompile/reeval?
   16  enumerating constants
   14  program slicer
   14  Technical reasons to why Lisp is more secure than other languages.

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

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

 211.7 ( 77.7/130.3/ 75.3)     69  Re: Difference between LISP and C++
 180.9 ( 72.9/105.9/ 67.5)     51  Re: CLOS is hard. Let's go shopping  (Was Re: Lisp in Python)
 111.8 ( 44.1/ 63.9/ 46.4)     36  Re: "Well, I want to switch over to replace EMACS LISP with Guile."
  81.3 ( 25.1/ 53.3/ 33.6)     29  How much use of CLOS?
  69.0 ( 21.9/ 45.6/ 36.4)     23  Re: "Well, I want to switch over to replace EMACS LISP with Guile." (was Re: Lisp in Python)
  51.6 ( 16.6/ 32.2/ 21.1)     16  Re: When to recompile/reeval?
  42.3 ( 14.9/ 25.6/ 15.1)     16  enumerating constants
  42.0 ( 15.8/ 25.2/ 16.5)     19  Accessing enclosed symbol.
  32.9 ( 14.2/ 18.0/ 13.0)     14  Technical reasons to why Lisp is more secure than other languages.
  26.6 ( 10.3/ 15.4/  8.4)     12  outputting a string without quotes

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

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

0.936  (  4.8/   5.2)      3  CMUCL macro problem
0.847  (  1.1/   1.3)      3  Uses of &AUX other than defining local variables?
0.801  (  7.4/   9.2)      9  Re: ILC 2002  -  Last Call For Participation
0.799  ( 36.4/  45.6)     23  Re: "Well, I want to switch over to replace EMACS LISP with Guile." (was Re: Lisp in Python)
0.784  (  8.1/  10.3)      9  Help, Java floating-point numbers...
0.780  (  5.4/   6.9)      4  Re: Series package
0.779  (  5.2/   6.6)      9  Re: Understanding Erik Naggum
0.768  (  4.9/   6.4)      3  Help with using format control strings
0.759  (  2.3/   3.0)      4  Re: Determining whitespace
0.755  (  7.1/   9.4)     12  Storing macro dependencies in the in-memory function object (was Re: When to recompile/reeval?)

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

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

0.566  (  4.9 /  8.7)     14  program slicer
0.554  (  1.3 /  2.3)      6  hi i am tring to make some code that does this
0.548  (  8.4 / 15.4)     12  outputting a string without quotes
0.533  (  0.4 /  0.8)      3  TCP/IP In LISP Programs
0.530  (  0.6 /  1.2)      5  Re: function and lambda, again
0.510  (  2.3 /  4.6)      5  Re: [ANN] Scieneer Common Lisp 1.1.1, website update.
0.491  (  3.1 /  6.3)      7  Double unquote in a macro
0.490  (  1.6 /  3.2)      3  MOP question: DEFCLASS options handling
0.479  (  1.2 /  2.4)      4  Re: "Well, I want to switch over to replace EMACS LISP with Guile." (was  Re: Lisp in Python)
0.442  (  0.5 /  1.1)      3  Re: "Well, I want to switch over to replace EMACS LISP with Guile."
 (was Re: Lisp in Python)

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

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

       3  comp.lang.scheme
       1  comp.lang.smalltalk
       1  comp.lang.python
       1  comp.lang.dylan
       1  alt.folklore.computers

Top 10 Crossposters
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Articles  Address
--------  -------

       4  ····@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
       1  RCS / RI <···@osfn.org>
       1  ··········@hp.com (Hans-J. Boehm)
       1  Rich Hickey <·········@SPAMrichhickey.com>
       0  ·······@ancar.org
       0  Vassil Nikolov <········@poboxes.com>
       0  "Adam Warner" <······@consulting.net.nz>
       0  ·····@corman.net (Roger Corman)
       0  Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
       0  Johan Kullstam <··········@attbi.com>