From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date:
Message-ID: <bh5cej$u93rc$1@ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 03 Aug 2003 12:14:20 GMT and ending at
10 Aug 2003 05:31:03 GMT.
Notes
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- 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
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Posters: 132
Articles: 393 (146 with cutlined signatures)
Threads: 65
Volume generated: 938.5 kb
- headers: 375.7 kb (6,773 lines)
- bodies: 536.8 kb (13,879 lines)
- original: 349.3 kb (9,564 lines)
- signatures: 25.6 kb (636 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.651
Averages
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Posts per poster: 3.0
median: 1.0 post
mode: 1 post - 69 posters
s: 4.4 posts
Posts per thread: 6.0
median: 3 posts
mode: 1 post - 22 threads
s: 11.0 posts
Message size: 2445.3 bytes
- header: 978.9 bytes (17.2 lines)
- body: 1398.7 bytes (35.3 lines)
- original: 910.0 bytes (24.3 lines)
- signature: 66.7 bytes (1.6 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
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28 100.5 ( 28.9/ 71.6/ 47.9) Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
26 81.0 ( 29.6/ 43.4/ 25.8) Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
22 108.9 ( 29.0/ 79.9/ 53.4) "Anton van Straaten" <·····@appsolutions.com>
16 24.7 ( 13.3/ 11.4/ 6.5) Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
15 31.7 ( 12.7/ 15.8/ 8.9) Barry Margolin <··············@level3.com>
11 35.2 ( 12.5/ 21.3/ 13.8) Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
9 17.9 ( 7.5/ 10.4/ 7.8) Tayss <··········@yahoo.com>
9 22.7 ( 11.9/ 10.8/ 8.5) "Steven M. Haflich" <·················@alum.mit.edu>
9 18.3 ( 9.5/ 8.8/ 3.7) Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
9 20.7 ( 8.1/ 8.6/ 3.0) Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
These posters accounted for 39.2% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume
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Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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108.9 ( 29.0/ 79.9/ 53.4) 22 "Anton van Straaten" <·····@appsolutions.com>
100.5 ( 28.9/ 71.6/ 47.9) 28 Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
81.0 ( 29.6/ 43.4/ 25.8) 26 Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
35.2 ( 12.5/ 21.3/ 13.8) 11 Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
32.7 ( 6.0/ 26.7/ 26.6) 7 ··········@YahooGroups.Com
31.7 ( 12.7/ 15.8/ 8.9) 15 Barry Margolin <··············@level3.com>
24.7 ( 13.3/ 11.4/ 6.5) 16 Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
22.7 ( 11.9/ 10.8/ 8.5) 9 "Steven M. Haflich" <·················@alum.mit.edu>
20.7 ( 8.1/ 8.6/ 3.0) 9 Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
20.1 ( 8.9/ 11.2/ 7.8) 7 Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
These posters accounted for 50.9% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.997 ( 26.6 / 26.7) 7 ··········@YahooGroups.Com
0.793 ( 8.5 / 10.8) 9 "Steven M. Haflich" <·················@alum.mit.edu>
0.790 ( 4.4 / 5.5) 6 "P.C." <··········@privat.dk>
0.755 ( 4.1 / 5.5) 5 ·······@yahoo.com
0.746 ( 7.8 / 10.4) 9 Tayss <··········@yahoo.com>
0.735 ( 6.0 / 8.1) 8 Daniel Barlow <···@telent.net>
0.697 ( 7.8 / 11.2) 7 Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
0.669 ( 47.9 / 71.6) 28 Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
0.669 ( 53.4 / 79.9) 22 "Anton van Straaten" <·····@appsolutions.com>
0.651 ( 13.8 / 21.3) 11 Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.596 ( 25.8 / 43.4) 26 Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
0.567 ( 0.7 / 1.3) 5 Lars Brinkhoff <·········@nocrew.org>
0.566 ( 6.5 / 11.4) 16 Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
0.566 ( 2.8 / 4.9) 8 Paolo Amoroso <·······@mclink.it>
0.562 ( 8.9 / 15.8) 15 Barry Margolin <··············@level3.com>
0.488 ( 4.0 / 8.1) 6 Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
0.467 ( 2.8 / 6.1) 5 Don Stockbauer <·············@hotmail.com>
0.424 ( 1.9 / 4.5) 8 ···@agharta.de
0.417 ( 3.7 / 8.8) 9 Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
0.344 ( 3.0 / 8.6) 9 Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts
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Posts Subject
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63 Looking for examples of lisp-2's expressiveness
39 Comp.lang.lisp Census 2003
29 Stupid question--
20 MAPCAR, FUNCALL & APPLY usage
18 Where to start
16 return values for functions
14 Macros that build function names
12 Artificial intelligence (AI) has been solved
11 Favourite Lisp books
11 Is DOCUMENTATION passe?
Top 10 Threads by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
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243.3 ( 76.9/163.1/109.9) 63 Looking for examples of lisp-2's expressiveness
55.7 ( 24.9/ 28.0/ 16.4) 29 Stupid question--
54.4 ( 32.9/ 19.0/ 9.0) 39 Comp.lang.lisp Census 2003
45.3 ( 15.7/ 29.0/ 14.9) 14 Macros that build function names
44.1 ( 16.7/ 27.3/ 22.6) 18 Where to start
39.3 ( 19.3/ 19.9/ 10.6) 20 MAPCAR, FUNCALL & APPLY usage
31.4 ( 14.7/ 15.4/ 8.6) 16 return values for functions
28.8 ( 14.9/ 13.6/ 4.1) 12 Artificial intelligence (AI) has been solved
25.2 ( 9.8/ 14.2/ 8.6) 11 Is DOCUMENTATION passe?
23.2 ( 8.7/ 13.9/ 9.7) 10 Winstond and Horn Macros
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.849 ( 1.8/ 2.2) 4 Classes and OOP
0.828 ( 22.6/ 27.3) 18 Where to start
0.824 ( 1.0/ 1.2) 3 newbie question: create directories with open
0.761 ( 6.6/ 8.7) 11 Favourite Lisp books
0.750 ( 2.1/ 2.8) 3 Lisp training in the UK
0.748 ( 5.7/ 7.6) 5 ANSI Common Lisp design and floating point I/O
0.734 ( 7.5/ 10.3) 8 Lisp embedded scripting language report
0.710 ( 9.5/ 13.4) 5 Programs redefining functions
0.700 ( 9.7/ 13.9) 10 Winstond and Horn Macros
0.688 ( 3.0/ 4.3) 5 symbol doubts
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.550 ( 3.2 / 5.8) 4 =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=7C=E9=B1=02am_i_always_typing_=23=27?=
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?string=3D_instead_of_=27string=3D=3F?=
0.550 ( 4.8 / 8.7) 7 newbie needs some direction
0.536 ( 10.6 / 19.9) 20 MAPCAR, FUNCALL & APPLY usage
0.515 ( 14.9 / 29.0) 14 Macros that build function names
0.504 ( 0.2 / 0.4) 3 (upgraded-complex-part-type 'rational) ==> ?
0.495 ( 2.2 / 4.5) 8 Non-Commercial Lisp Https (or SSL) Libraries?
0.476 ( 9.0 / 19.0) 39 Comp.lang.lisp Census 2003
0.448 ( 6.8 / 15.3) 4 RoboCup! [was Re: Comp.lang.lisp Census 2003]
0.374 ( 0.8 / 2.2) 5 COBOL versus Lisp
0.301 ( 4.1 / 13.6) 12 Artificial intelligence (AI) has been solved
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts
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Articles Newsgroup
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12 rec.arts.sf.science
12 comp.ai.games
12 sci.skeptic
12 alt.folklore.computers
3 comp.lang.scheme
1 comp.lang.dylan
1 ba.jobs.resumes
Top 10 Crossposters
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Articles Address
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20 Don Stockbauer <·············@hotmail.com>
8 ········@ix.netcom.com
5 ··········@YahooGroups.Com
4 Larry Elmore <········@comcast.net>
4 ·········@aol.com
4 Walter Bushell <·····@panix.com>
4 ············@SystematicSw.ab.ca
2 Valery <········@mail.ru>
1 Rainer Joswig <······@lispmachine.de>
1 "Raymond de Lacaze" <········@alu.org>