From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date:
Message-ID: <brh4rf$378m5$2@ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 07 Dec 2003 07:09:49 GMT and ending at
14 Dec 2003 05:49:13 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: 107
Articles: 389 (167 with cutlined signatures)
Threads: 53
Volume generated: 953.5 kb
- headers: 405.8 kb (6,815 lines)
- bodies: 511.1 kb (13,919 lines)
- original: 299.6 kb (8,811 lines)
- signatures: 36.2 kb (750 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.586
Averages
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Posts per poster: 3.6
median: 2 posts
mode: 1 post - 42 posters
s: 5.8 posts
Posts per thread: 7.3
median: 3 posts
mode: 1 post - 15 threads
s: 14.3 posts
Message size: 2510.0 bytes
- header: 1068.3 bytes (17.5 lines)
- body: 1345.5 bytes (35.8 lines)
- original: 788.7 bytes (22.7 lines)
- signature: 95.2 bytes (1.9 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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33 100.8 ( 34.9/ 47.9/ 20.6) Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
31 93.2 ( 33.3/ 59.8/ 44.8) Kent M Pitman <······@nhplace.com>
22 57.9 ( 23.9/ 30.7/ 15.0) Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
17 36.0 ( 18.0/ 17.2/ 9.9) Rahul Jain <·····@nyct.net>
12 41.6 ( 15.9/ 25.7/ 6.8) ·······@cs.nyu.edu
12 34.4 ( 13.4/ 21.0/ 12.7) ··············@setf.de
10 14.8 ( 10.0/ 4.3/ 2.6) Paolo Amoroso <·······@mclink.it>
9 20.2 ( 10.7/ 8.3/ 4.9) Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
9 18.7 ( 7.6/ 8.2/ 6.3) Fred Gilham <······@snapdragon.csl.sri.com>
8 20.0 ( 8.4/ 9.7/ 4.6) Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
These posters accounted for 41.9% 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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100.8 ( 34.9/ 47.9/ 20.6) 33 Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
93.2 ( 33.3/ 59.8/ 44.8) 31 Kent M Pitman <······@nhplace.com>
57.9 ( 23.9/ 30.7/ 15.0) 22 Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
41.6 ( 15.9/ 25.7/ 6.8) 12 ·······@cs.nyu.edu
36.0 ( 18.0/ 17.2/ 9.9) 17 Rahul Jain <·····@nyct.net>
34.4 ( 13.4/ 21.0/ 12.7) 12 ··············@setf.de
20.7 ( 10.0/ 10.8/ 7.9) 8 Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
20.2 ( 10.7/ 8.3/ 4.9) 9 Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
20.0 ( 8.4/ 9.7/ 4.6) 8 Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
18.7 ( 7.6/ 8.2/ 6.3) 9 Fred Gilham <······@snapdragon.csl.sri.com>
These posters accounted for 46.5% 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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0.785 ( 5.2 / 6.6) 8 David Golden <············@oceanfree.net>
0.779 ( 6.6 / 8.4) 7 Adam Warner <······@consulting.net.nz>
0.770 ( 6.3 / 8.2) 9 Fred Gilham <······@snapdragon.csl.sri.com>
0.763 ( 5.5 / 7.2) 5 Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk <······@knm.org.pl>
0.761 ( 8.7 / 11.4) 6 Don Geddis <···@geddis.org>
0.750 ( 3.2 / 4.3) 7 Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <···@iki.fi>
0.749 ( 44.8 / 59.8) 31 Kent M Pitman <······@nhplace.com>
0.731 ( 7.9 / 10.8) 8 Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
0.667 ( 7.3 / 11.0) 6 "Marc Battyani" <·············@fractalconcept.com>
0.664 ( 3.0 / 4.5) 5 Thomas A. Russ <···@sevak.isi.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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0.609 ( 2.6 / 4.3) 10 Paolo Amoroso <·······@mclink.it>
0.605 ( 12.7 / 21.0) 12 ··············@setf.de
0.595 ( 4.9 / 8.3) 9 Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
0.577 ( 9.9 / 17.2) 17 Rahul Jain <·····@nyct.net>
0.488 ( 15.0 / 30.7) 22 Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
0.474 ( 4.6 / 9.7) 8 Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
0.438 ( 2.0 / 4.5) 5 Gareth McCaughan <·····@g.local>
0.431 ( 20.6 / 47.9) 33 Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
0.318 ( 1.3 / 4.0) 6 Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
0.267 ( 6.8 / 25.7) 12 ·······@cs.nyu.edu
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts
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Posts Subject
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79 (CLtS question) Pathname hosts
37 Where to find good lisp critiques?
25 CLOS style question
24 newbie graphics question
18 cl-typesetting news
15 Lisp at sexp's length
13 [NEWBIE]CONS,APPEND AND LIST
12 (= 0/0 0/0)
11 Application Dynamics [was Re: Scheme vs Lisp!]
10 Help the Newbie
Top 10 Threads by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
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239.4 ( 95.2/131.9/ 71.8) 79 (CLtS question) Pathname hosts
103.0 ( 45.1/ 55.2/ 28.1) 37 Where to find good lisp critiques?
66.3 ( 22.9/ 41.3/ 23.3) 25 CLOS style question
47.7 ( 23.3/ 22.7/ 13.3) 24 newbie graphics question
39.0 ( 13.7/ 23.9/ 14.6) 15 Lisp at sexp's length
38.5 ( 16.1/ 21.6/ 12.6) 18 cl-typesetting news
33.0 ( 16.7/ 15.1/ 6.2) 11 Application Dynamics [was Re: Scheme vs Lisp!]
27.6 ( 15.3/ 10.1/ 6.8) 13 [NEWBIE]CONS,APPEND AND LIST
25.4 ( 10.8/ 13.4/ 8.0) 12 (= 0/0 0/0)
23.0 ( 11.8/ 9.1/ 4.0) 10 Why I don't believe in static typing
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.824 ( 2.8/ 3.3) 3 DECLARE FTYPE
0.808 ( 5.0/ 6.2) 5 This one goes to 11
0.741 ( 8.6/ 11.6) 7 Cello blues: Lisp+OpenGL+OS X?
0.735 ( 4.5/ 6.1) 5 Interesting type issue (a.k.a. breaking your programs using specialised arrays and print/read)
0.709 ( 6.6/ 9.3) 8 Linux & BSD history
0.693 ( 5.6/ 8.1) 8 The lesser evil?
0.690 ( 7.1/ 10.2) 9 string splitting problem
0.680 ( 0.7/ 1.0) 3 Free LISP compiler for windows?
0.677 ( 6.8/ 10.1) 13 [NEWBIE]CONS,APPEND AND LIST
0.657 ( 0.6/ 0.9) 3 CLiki sites vandalized
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.545 ( 71.8 /131.9) 79 (CLtS question) Pathname hosts
0.508 ( 28.1 / 55.2) 37 Where to find good lisp critiques?
0.490 ( 3.8 / 7.8) 8 Linux & BSD history [was: (CLtS question) Pathname hosts]
0.479 ( 2.1 / 4.3) 6 OT: Open Genera Auction
0.472 ( 2.8 / 5.9) 5 300 dollars offered for lispworks
0.441 ( 4.0 / 9.1) 10 Why I don't believe in static typing
0.415 ( 1.1 / 2.8) 5 type "enum{}"
0.408 ( 6.2 / 15.1) 11 Application Dynamics [was Re: Scheme vs Lisp!]
0.392 ( 0.7 / 1.8) 3 [OT] Re: Linux & BSD history [was: (CLtS question) Pathname hosts]
0.346 ( 3.9 / 11.2) 6 How to output the content of a directory into a text file using lisp?
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts
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Articles Newsgroup
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11 comp.lang.scheme
2 gnu.emacs.sources
2 comp.lang.functional
2 alt.religion.emacs
2 gnu.emacs.help
1 comp.lang.lisp.x
1 comp.lang.lisp.franz
Top 10 Crossposters
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Articles Address
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8 ·········@lxny.org
2 Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
2 Fergus Henderson <···@cs.mu.oz.au>
2 "Roberto" <········@NOSPAMlibero.it>
2 Alex McGuire <····@alexmcguire.com>
1 Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
1 David Golden <············@oceanfree.net>
1 Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
1 ···@agharta.de
1 ·······@cs.nyu.edu