From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date:
Message-ID: <biahqb$75qol$1@ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 19 Aug 2003 17:55:12 GMT and ending at
24 Aug 2003 04:38:12 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: 97
Articles: 366 (123 with cutlined signatures)
Threads: 37
Volume generated: 877.8 kb
- headers: 359.4 kb (6,398 lines)
- bodies: 496.4 kb (13,062 lines)
- original: 289.2 kb (8,271 lines)
- signatures: 21.6 kb (494 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.583
Averages
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Posts per poster: 3.8
median: 2 posts
mode: 1 post - 36 posters
s: 4.0 posts
Posts per thread: 9.9
median: 5 posts
mode: 2, 1, 6, and 3 posts - 5 threads
s: 16.2 posts
Message size: 2455.9 bytes
- header: 1005.7 bytes (17.5 lines)
- body: 1388.7 bytes (35.7 lines)
- original: 809.2 bytes (22.6 lines)
- signature: 60.5 bytes (1.3 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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17 46.6 ( 19.0/ 27.6/ 13.8) Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
16 29.7 ( 15.2/ 14.4/ 7.6) Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
15 50.3 ( 15.4/ 30.2/ 19.2) Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
15 23.7 ( 13.6/ 10.2/ 3.5) "Dave" <·········@iol.it>
15 35.0 ( 15.3/ 19.7/ 14.4) Rayiner Hashem <·······@mindspring.com>
14 45.8 ( 14.9/ 30.8/ 18.0) Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
13 23.4 ( 13.1/ 10.3/ 5.5) Jacek Generowicz <················@cern.ch>
12 50.9 ( 14.9/ 36.0/ 25.3) Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
10 26.5 ( 12.6/ 12.9/ 9.1) Steven E . Harris <········@raytheon.com>
10 43.8 ( 13.8/ 28.0/ 15.2) Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
These posters accounted for 37.4% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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50.9 ( 14.9/ 36.0/ 25.3) 12 Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
50.3 ( 15.4/ 30.2/ 19.2) 15 Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
46.6 ( 19.0/ 27.6/ 13.8) 17 Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
45.8 ( 14.9/ 30.8/ 18.0) 14 Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
43.8 ( 13.8/ 28.0/ 15.2) 10 Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
35.0 ( 15.3/ 19.7/ 14.4) 15 Rayiner Hashem <·······@mindspring.com>
29.7 ( 15.2/ 14.4/ 7.6) 16 Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
27.7 ( 11.4/ 15.0/ 6.5) 10 Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
26.5 ( 12.6/ 12.9/ 9.1) 10 Steven E . Harris <········@raytheon.com>
24.3 ( 8.2/ 16.0/ 7.4) 9 ·······@yahoo.com
These posters accounted for 43.4% 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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0.731 ( 14.4 / 19.7) 15 Rayiner Hashem <·······@mindspring.com>
0.704 ( 9.1 / 12.9) 10 Steven E . Harris <········@raytheon.com>
0.703 ( 25.3 / 36.0) 12 Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
0.701 ( 3.0 / 4.3) 6 Nick Levine <···@ravenbrook.com>
0.680 ( 3.0 / 4.3) 8 ·······@ancar.org
0.677 ( 3.3 / 4.8) 7 Daniel Barlow <···@telent.net>
0.674 ( 9.4 / 13.9) 9 Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
0.636 ( 19.2 / 30.2) 15 Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
0.628 ( 7.7 / 12.3) 6 Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
0.623 ( 2.5 / 4.0) 6 Matthew Danish <·······@andrew.cmu.edu>
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.535 ( 5.5 / 10.3) 13 Jacek Generowicz <················@cern.ch>
0.524 ( 7.6 / 14.4) 16 Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
0.518 ( 4.1 / 7.9) 6 Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
0.499 ( 13.8 / 27.6) 17 Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
0.464 ( 7.4 / 16.0) 9 ·······@yahoo.com
0.454 ( 1.1 / 2.5) 5 ···@agharta.de
0.436 ( 6.5 / 15.0) 10 Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
0.373 ( 2.4 / 6.4) 5 Christopher C. Stacy <······@dtpq.com>
0.342 ( 3.5 / 10.2) 15 "Dave" <·········@iol.it>
0.335 ( 2.0 / 6.1) 7 ·······@cs.nyu.edu
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts
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Posts Subject
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89 ML predates C++ ...
47 Macros in Lisp
28 basic question about packages
25 declaring RETURN types
18 [newbie] iterate over chars?
15 emulate (loop for..)
12 newbie question about loading files
11 read/packages....
10 CLISP Mac and Sockets
10 Windows Question
Top 10 Threads by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
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224.3 (104.8/115.6/ 67.7) 89 ML predates C++ ...
118.0 ( 42.1/ 72.4/ 42.0) 47 Macros in Lisp
74.4 ( 28.1/ 43.7/ 27.2) 28 basic question about packages
62.7 ( 25.0/ 35.8/ 21.0) 25 declaring RETURN types
32.2 ( 11.0/ 20.7/ 11.9) 11 read/packages....
30.4 ( 16.6/ 13.1/ 5.8) 18 [newbie] iterate over chars?
28.1 ( 12.4/ 15.0/ 9.5) 15 emulate (loop for..)
27.5 ( 4.9/ 21.9/ 15.2) 4 cl-webapi (was Re: Where to start)
25.3 ( 10.7/ 13.3/ 6.7) 12 newbie question about loading files
24.7 ( 7.2/ 17.5/ 13.8) 7 Where to start
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.786 ( 13.8/ 17.5) 7 Where to start
0.778 ( 1.5/ 2.0) 3 keyword args
0.712 ( 4.2/ 6.0) 6 (or (gethash key table) (setf (gethash key table) new-value))
0.693 ( 15.2/ 21.9) 4 cl-webapi (was Re: Where to start)
0.644 ( 2.2/ 3.4) 8 Favourite Lisp books
0.630 ( 9.5/ 15.0) 15 emulate (loop for..)
0.624 ( 8.5/ 13.6) 6 Streams, sockets, vectors, read...easier way?.
0.623 ( 27.2/ 43.7) 28 basic question about packages
0.616 ( 7.6/ 12.3) 10 Windows Question
0.608 ( 1.1/ 1.8) 3 Silly printing question.
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.568 ( 2.0 / 3.5) 6 Declaring symbol macro
0.567 ( 1.4 / 2.5) 4 gcl compile question
0.535 ( 6.8 / 12.8) 10 CLISP Mac and Sockets
0.502 ( 6.7 / 13.3) 12 newbie question about loading files
0.493 ( 1.3 / 2.7) 3 testing whether a variable was altered
0.463 ( 1.5 / 3.2) 3 string-input-stream question
0.442 ( 5.8 / 13.1) 18 [newbie] iterate over chars?
0.431 ( 1.8 / 4.1) 3 When programs can be data and vice versa
0.390 ( 0.6 / 1.4) 6 Does this group have a FAQ?
0.090 ( 1.7 / 19.0) 4 [ANN] ECL 0.9b
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts
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Articles Newsgroup
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2 comp.lang.scheme
1 gnu.emacs.sources
1 comp.lang.python
1 comp.lang.functional
1 alt.religion.emacs
1 gnu.emacs.help
1 comp.lang.prolog
Top 10 Crossposters
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Articles Address
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4 Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
4 ·········@lxny.org
0 Tayss <··········@yahoo.com>
0 Nikodemus Siivola <······@random-state.net>
0 ·······@ancar.org
0 Adam Warner <······@consulting.net.nz>
0 Lowell <······@cs.ubc.ca>
0 Kevin Layer <·····@*n*o*s*p*a*m*franz.com>
0 Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
0 Frode Vatvedt Fjeld <······@cs.uit.no>