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
=====

    - 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:  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
========

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
=================================

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

   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
========================

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

 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)
==============================================

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

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)
=================================================

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

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
=================================

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

   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
========================

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

 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)
==============================================

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

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)
=================================================

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

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
=============================

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

      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
===================

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

      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>