From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <bsm24c$e521k$2@ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 21 Dec 2003 08:01:21 GMT and ending at
28 Dec 2003 05:45:49 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:  75
Articles: 189 (74 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  25
Volume generated: 537.6 kb
    - headers:    206.9 kb (3,230 lines)
    - bodies:     318.6 kb (7,540 lines)
    - original:   211.5 kb (5,325 lines)
    - signatures: 11.9 kb (254 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.664

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 2.5
    median: 2 posts
    mode:   1 post - 35 posters
    s:      3.3 posts
Posts per thread: 7.6
    median: 2 posts
    mode:   2 posts - 8 threads
    s:      16.0 posts
Message size: 2912.6 bytes
    - header:     1120.8 bytes (17.1 lines)
    - body:       1726.2 bytes (39.9 lines)
    - original:   1145.7 bytes (28.2 lines)
    - signature:  64.6 bytes (1.3 lines)

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

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

   10    28.9 ( 13.4/ 14.6/  9.5)  "Kenneth P. Turvey" <··@squeakydolphin.com>
   10    41.0 (  6.9/ 31.8/ 24.2)  Eladio <··············@yahoo.com>
    9    15.5 (  8.7/  6.3/  3.3)  Paolo Amoroso <·······@mclink.it>
    8    17.9 (  6.8/ 11.1/  8.5)  Christopher C. Stacy <······@news.dtpq.com>
    7    25.8 ( 12.1/ 13.6/  7.8)  Larry Elmore <·········@_comcast_._net>
    6    21.0 (  9.7/ 11.3/  4.7)  Marc Spitzer <········@optonline.net>
    5    13.6 (  8.3/  5.3/  4.5)  ·······@ancar.org
    5    20.0 (  5.3/ 13.5/ 11.2)  Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
    5    11.6 (  5.8/  5.8/  4.1)  Paul Rubin <·············@NOSPAM.invalid>
    5    10.9 (  4.9/  6.1/  4.6)  Tayssir John Gabbour <···········@yahoo.com>

These posters accounted for 37.0% of all articles.

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

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

  41.0 (  6.9/ 31.8/ 24.2)     10  Eladio <··············@yahoo.com>
  28.9 ( 13.4/ 14.6/  9.5)     10  "Kenneth P. Turvey" <··@squeakydolphin.com>
  25.8 ( 12.1/ 13.6/  7.8)      7  Larry Elmore <·········@_comcast_._net>
  21.0 (  9.7/ 11.3/  4.7)      6  Marc Spitzer <········@optonline.net>
  20.0 (  5.3/ 13.5/ 11.2)      5  Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
  17.9 (  6.8/ 11.1/  8.5)      8  Christopher C. Stacy <······@news.dtpq.com>
  16.9 (  6.2/ 10.6/  6.4)      4  ·······@cs.nyu.edu
  15.7 (  4.6/  8.9/  3.9)      5  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
  15.5 (  8.7/  6.3/  3.3)      9  Paolo Amoroso <·······@mclink.it>
  15.2 (  2.8/ 12.3/  8.2)      2  =?iso-8859-1?q?Nils_G=F6sche?= <···@cartan.de>

These posters accounted for 40.5% of the total volume.

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

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

0.861  (  4.5 /  5.3)      5  ·······@ancar.org
0.828  ( 11.2 / 13.5)      5  Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
0.776  (  3.8 /  4.9)      5  Rahul Jain <·····@nyct.net>
0.764  (  4.6 /  6.1)      5  Tayssir John Gabbour <···········@yahoo.com>
0.763  (  8.5 / 11.1)      8  Christopher C. Stacy <······@news.dtpq.com>
0.761  ( 24.2 / 31.8)     10  Eladio <··············@yahoo.com>
0.735  (  6.1 /  8.3)      5  Don Geddis <···@geddis.org>
0.716  (  4.1 /  5.8)      5  Paul Rubin <·············@NOSPAM.invalid>
0.678  (  6.4 /  9.4)      5  ···@agharta.de
0.652  (  9.5 / 14.6)     10  "Kenneth P. Turvey" <··@squeakydolphin.com>

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

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

0.763  (  8.5 / 11.1)      8  Christopher C. Stacy <······@news.dtpq.com>
0.761  ( 24.2 / 31.8)     10  Eladio <··············@yahoo.com>
0.735  (  6.1 /  8.3)      5  Don Geddis <···@geddis.org>
0.716  (  4.1 /  5.8)      5  Paul Rubin <·············@NOSPAM.invalid>
0.678  (  6.4 /  9.4)      5  ···@agharta.de
0.652  (  9.5 / 14.6)     10  "Kenneth P. Turvey" <··@squeakydolphin.com>
0.574  (  7.8 / 13.6)      7  Larry Elmore <·········@_comcast_._net>
0.522  (  3.3 /  6.3)      9  Paolo Amoroso <·······@mclink.it>
0.441  (  3.9 /  8.9)      5  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
0.413  (  4.7 / 11.3)      6  Marc Spitzer <········@optonline.net>

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

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

   66  Why Lisp is too hard for me to use
   50  [OT] Re: Linux & BSD history
   13  reducing number consing
    8  Linux & BSD history [was: (CLtS question) Pathname hosts]
    8  replacing two EOL chars by one
    4  Writing your own Forth
    4  reducing number consing / cache experimental results
    3  Anyone Running Portable AllegroServe on CMUCL 18e FreeBSD?
    3  Lisp at sexp's length
    3  MCL and MySQL

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

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

 209.9 ( 58.4/144.5/ 95.6)     66  Why Lisp is too hard for me to use
 167.5 ( 77.1/ 88.0/ 55.4)     50  [OT] Re: Linux & BSD history
  31.7 ( 13.5/ 17.9/ 13.0)     13  reducing number consing
  20.1 (  8.2/ 11.3/  8.6)      8  replacing two EOL chars by one
  14.1 (  9.3/  4.2/  2.6)      8  Linux & BSD history [was: (CLtS question) Pathname hosts]
   9.5 (  0.6/  8.8/  8.8)      1  Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
   9.0 (  5.4/  3.6/  2.6)      4  reducing number consing / cache experimental results
   8.8 (  3.2/  5.5/  1.6)      3  Lisp at sexp's length
   8.5 (  4.1/  4.4/  4.0)      4  Writing your own Forth
   7.7 (  1.9/  5.7/  2.0)      2  OT: More Antilock brakes

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

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

0.908  (  4.0/   4.4)      4  Writing your own Forth
0.766  (  8.6/  11.3)      8  replacing two EOL chars by one
0.761  (  2.6/   3.4)      3  Another algorithmic complexity question
0.737  (  1.2/   1.6)      3  Anyone Running Portable AllegroServe on CMUCL 18e FreeBSD?
0.725  ( 13.0/  17.9)     13  reducing number consing
0.715  (  2.6/   3.6)      4  reducing number consing / cache experimental results
0.662  ( 95.6/ 144.5)     66  Why Lisp is too hard for me to use
0.631  (  2.6/   4.2)      8  Linux & BSD history [was: (CLtS question) Pathname hosts]
0.630  ( 55.4/  88.0)     50  [OT] Re: Linux & BSD history
0.485  (  1.3/   2.7)      3  MCL and MySQL

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

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

0.761  (  2.6 /  3.4)      3  Another algorithmic complexity question
0.737  (  1.2 /  1.6)      3  Anyone Running Portable AllegroServe on CMUCL 18e FreeBSD?
0.725  ( 13.0 / 17.9)     13  reducing number consing
0.715  (  2.6 /  3.6)      4  reducing number consing / cache experimental results
0.662  ( 95.6 /144.5)     66  Why Lisp is too hard for me to use
0.631  (  2.6 /  4.2)      8  Linux & BSD history [was: (CLtS question) Pathname hosts]
0.630  ( 55.4 / 88.0)     50  [OT] Re: Linux & BSD history
0.485  (  1.3 /  2.7)      3  MCL and MySQL
0.421  (  0.4 /  0.9)      3  Free LISP compiler for windows?
0.289  (  1.6 /  5.5)      3  Lisp at sexp's length

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

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

       9  comp.lang.scheme
       8  comp.lang.python
       8  comp.lang.ruby
       8  comp.lang.perl.misc
       4  comp.lang.forth
       2  comp.lang.functional

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

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

       4  Sara <·········@hotmail.com>
       4  Steve Horsley <·····@the.moon>
       4  Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
       4  Xah Lee <···@xahlee.org>
       4  ·······@Linux.ie
       4  "Ragnar Hafsta�" <·····@simnet.is>
       4  "Matt Garrish" <···············@sympatico.ca>
       4  "J�rgen Exner" <········@hotmail.com>
       1  Paul Rubin <·············@NOSPAM.invalid>
       1  Michael Parker <·············@earthlink.net>