From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <b8ghcs$9l7k8$1@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 20 Apr 2003 06:13:10 GMT and ending at
27 Apr 2003 01:49:17 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:  152
Articles: 543 (216 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  83
Volume generated: 1365.4 kb
    - headers:    590.0 kb (9,537 lines)
    - bodies:     730.0 kb (19,417 lines)
    - original:   448.9 kb (13,028 lines)
    - signatures: 44.8 kb (919 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.615

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 3.6
    median: 2.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 66 posters
    s:      5.0 posts
Posts per thread: 6.5
    median: 4 posts
    mode:   1 post - 26 threads
    s:      12.5 posts
Message size: 2574.8 bytes
    - header:     1112.7 bytes (17.6 lines)
    - body:       1376.7 bytes (35.8 lines)
    - original:   846.5 bytes (24.0 lines)
    - signature:  84.5 bytes (1.7 lines)

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

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

   33    84.6 ( 40.7/ 31.1/ 16.4)  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
   26   135.3 ( 42.9/ 87.1/ 41.7)  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
   26    59.2 ( 25.4/ 31.3/ 19.0)  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
   23    87.2 ( 35.7/ 51.5/ 43.5)  Mark Conrad <······@iam.invalid>
   20    49.1 ( 24.1/ 25.0/ 15.0)  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
   16    35.3 ( 17.6/ 13.7/  6.3)  Barry Margolin <··············@level3.com>
   14    68.8 ( 23.7/ 45.0/ 26.2)  Matthias Blume <········@shimizu-blume.com>
   14    29.2 ( 14.6/ 14.5/  6.9)  Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
   12    27.3 ( 13.7/ 11.8/  7.1)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
   11    23.6 ( 10.1/ 13.4/  7.2)  Bill Clementson <·······@attbi.com>

These posters accounted for 35.9% of all articles.

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

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

 135.3 ( 42.9/ 87.1/ 41.7)     26  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
  87.2 ( 35.7/ 51.5/ 43.5)     23  Mark Conrad <······@iam.invalid>
  84.6 ( 40.7/ 31.1/ 16.4)     33  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
  68.8 ( 23.7/ 45.0/ 26.2)     14  Matthias Blume <········@shimizu-blume.com>
  59.2 ( 25.4/ 31.3/ 19.0)     26  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
  49.1 ( 24.1/ 25.0/ 15.0)     20  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
  35.3 ( 17.6/ 13.7/  6.3)     16  Barry Margolin <··············@level3.com>
  34.2 ( 11.5/ 22.7/ 18.4)     10  William D Clinger <······@qnci.net>
  29.2 ( 14.6/ 14.5/  6.9)     14  Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
  27.3 ( 13.7/ 11.8/  7.1)     12  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>

These posters accounted for 44.7% of the total volume.

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

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

0.845  ( 43.5 / 51.5)     23  Mark Conrad <······@iam.invalid>
0.845  (  2.5 /  2.9)      5  Henrik Motakef <··············@web.de>
0.834  (  6.3 /  7.6)     10  Andrew Burton <···········@aol.commune>
0.809  ( 18.4 / 22.7)     10  William D Clinger <······@qnci.net>
0.783  ( 11.8 / 15.1)     11  Franz Kafka <·································@hotmail.com>
0.745  ( 11.2 / 15.0)      5  Christopher Browne <········@acm.org>
0.741  (  7.9 / 10.7)      7  Jeff Caldwell <·····@yahoo.com>
0.725  (  4.6 /  6.4)      8  Fred Gilham <······@snapdragon.csl.sri.com>
0.718  (  2.8 /  3.9)      5  ·······@ancar.org
0.708  (  3.6 /  5.1)     10  Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <···@iki.fi>

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

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

0.534  (  7.2 / 13.4)     11  Bill Clementson <·······@attbi.com>
0.527  ( 16.4 / 31.1)     33  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
0.497  (  3.1 /  6.2)      6  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
0.479  ( 41.7 / 87.1)     26  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
0.476  (  6.9 / 14.5)     14  Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
0.460  (  6.3 / 13.7)     16  Barry Margolin <··············@level3.com>
0.437  (  5.5 / 12.6)      6  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
0.425  (  1.1 /  2.6)      6  Paolo Amoroso <·······@mclink.it>
0.325  (  1.1 /  3.5)      6  Marc Spitzer <········@optonline.net>
0.126  (  0.3 /  2.7)      5  Christopher C. Stacy <······@dtpq.com>

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

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

   70  Implementing call/cc or Dynamic Continuations in ANSI CL
   62  Implementation Favoritism, a question of Lisp mindsets
   47  Dynamically scoped functions
   22  Newbie question
   19  PROGN etymology
   15  Lisp Based Machine Code (Simulators) [was Re: Lisp Machines]
   13  ilisp keybindings in emacs
   12  Newbie Question:  LISP seems to be running very slow
   12  Pitfalls? - Changing Lisp to C (enlightened<g>)
   12  Lisp Machines

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

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

 266.7 ( 99.6/161.4/ 92.3)     70  Implementing call/cc or Dynamic Continuations in ANSI CL
 196.2 ( 87.9/103.7/ 70.4)     62  Implementation Favoritism, a question of Lisp mindsets
 106.0 ( 47.7/ 54.8/ 32.8)     47  Dynamically scoped functions
  36.2 ( 12.2/ 23.0/ 14.6)     12  Pitfalls? - Changing Lisp to C (enlightened<g>)
  36.2 ( 19.2/ 14.6/  8.3)     19  PROGN etymology
  33.4 ( 16.3/ 16.1/ 12.0)     22  Newbie question
  30.6 ( 13.3/ 15.4/  7.4)     13  ilisp keybindings in emacs
  30.3 ( 15.0/ 14.8/  7.8)     15  Lisp Based Machine Code (Simulators) [was Re: Lisp Machines]
  29.0 ( 14.0/ 14.8/  8.0)     12  Lisp Machines
  28.7 ( 11.0/ 16.2/ 10.1)     12  Newbie Question:  LISP seems to be running very slow

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

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

0.960  ( 11.9/  12.4)      4  Help!!
0.805  (  2.9/   3.6)      5  XIT GUI toolkit?
0.784  (  2.4/   3.0)      3  Ilisp key binding changes - Please Review
0.764  (  4.8/   6.3)      5  Call for an new FAQ on the advantages on Common Lisp.
0.746  (  2.9/   3.9)      5  TYPEP
0.743  ( 12.0/  16.1)     22  Newbie question
0.728  (  1.9/   2.6)      3  ANSI Comp. and Cross Platform Delivery ????????????????????????
0.700  (  7.5/  10.7)      8  Saving continuations
0.699  (  3.9/   5.6)      4  Intermediate language (Was Re: GCC front end)
0.690  (  7.5/  10.9)      8  Some Questions about Lisp Books?

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

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

0.478  (  7.4 / 15.4)     13  ilisp keybindings in emacs
0.465  (  1.0 /  2.1)      4  Lisp-aware text editor for Mac OSX?
0.459  (  2.4 /  5.3)      4  Perfect Programming Language
0.453  (  2.6 /  5.7)      8  Integer to character conversion
0.425  (  3.4 /  7.9)      6  Condition abuse?
0.409  (  2.1 /  5.1)      4  Lisp Based Machine Code (Simulators)
0.381  (  2.6 /  6.9)      8  C do-while loop
0.359  (  1.2 /  3.3)      7  Lispniks Cologne too (was: Reminder: CRACL meets this Sunday)
0.261  (  0.9 /  3.6)      5  macro simplification
0.237  (  1.5 /  6.3)      5  Proposal: POSIX interfaces

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

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

     105  comp.lang.scheme
      25  comp.arch
      10  alt.folklore.computers
       6  comp.lang.python
       4  comp.lang.misc
       2  comp.lang.java.programmer
       2  comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html
       2  comp.ai.genetic
       2  comp.games.development.programming.misc
       2  comp.compression

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

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

      21  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
      14  Matthias Blume <········@shimizu-blume.com>
      11  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
      11  Savio Sena <·····@cyberspace.org>
      11  "osmium" <··········@attbi.com>
      10  William D Clinger <······@qnci.net>
       8  ·······@SPAM.widomaker.com
       6  ········@ev1.net
       6  Anne & Lynn Wheeler <····@garlic.com>
       4  Mike <····@artistmike.com>