From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <b1j1oq$134us8$1@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 26 Jan 2003 13:25:27 GMT and ending at
02 Feb 2003 05:16:27 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:  85
Articles: 231 (82 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  38
Volume generated: 463.4 kb
    - headers:    207.8 kb (4,022 lines)
    - bodies:     241.6 kb (6,969 lines)
    - original:   150.8 kb (4,610 lines)
    - signatures: 13.8 kb (358 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.624

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 2.7
    median: 2 posts
    mode:   1 post - 40 posters
    s:      3.4 posts
Posts per thread: 6.1
    median: 4.5 posts
    mode:   1 post - 11 threads
    s:      7.6 posts
Message size: 2054.0 bytes
    - header:     921.0 bytes (17.4 lines)
    - body:       1070.9 bytes (30.2 lines)
    - original:   668.3 bytes (20.0 lines)
    - signature:  61.1 bytes (1.5 lines)

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

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

   17    39.4 ( 16.0/ 19.6/ 10.6)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
   12    24.1 ( 11.1/ 13.0/  7.4)  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
   12    20.0 (  8.5/ 10.5/  4.3)  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
   11    22.0 (  7.8/ 14.3/  9.3)  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
    9    14.1 (  7.4/  6.7/  5.2)  ··········@tfeb.org (Tim Bradshaw)
    9    24.4 (  9.7/ 13.2/  5.3)  Ivan Boldyrev <········@uiggm.nsc.ru.microsoft.com>
    7    16.9 (  8.5/  8.4/  5.1)  Larry Clapp <·····@theclapp.org>
    7    10.2 (  5.6/  4.6/  2.9)  ····@vanderbilt.edu (sv0f)
    6     9.9 (  6.1/  2.6/  1.1)  Matthew Danish <·······@andrew.cmu.edu>
    6    11.1 (  7.3/  3.8/  2.6)  "Paul F. Dietz" <·····@dls.net>

These posters accounted for 41.6% of all articles.

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

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

  39.4 ( 16.0/ 19.6/ 10.6)     17  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
  24.4 (  9.7/ 13.2/  5.3)      9  Ivan Boldyrev <········@uiggm.nsc.ru.microsoft.com>
  24.1 ( 11.1/ 13.0/  7.4)     12  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
  22.0 (  7.8/ 14.3/  9.3)     11  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
  20.0 (  8.5/ 10.5/  4.3)     12  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
  16.9 (  8.5/  8.4/  5.1)      7  Larry Clapp <·····@theclapp.org>
  14.1 (  7.4/  6.7/  5.2)      9  ··········@tfeb.org (Tim Bradshaw)
  13.0 (  5.7/  7.4/  3.0)      5  ilya <············@example.com>
  12.4 (  4.7/  6.9/  3.8)      4  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
  11.7 (  1.5/ 10.0/  9.7)      2  Christopher Browne <········@acm.org>

These posters accounted for 42.8% of the total volume.

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

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

0.771  (  5.2 /  6.7)      9  ··········@tfeb.org (Tim Bradshaw)
0.693  (  2.6 /  3.8)      6  "Paul F. Dietz" <·····@dls.net>
0.653  (  9.3 / 14.3)     11  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
0.638  (  2.9 /  4.6)      7  ····@vanderbilt.edu (sv0f)
0.610  (  5.1 /  8.4)      7  Larry Clapp <·····@theclapp.org>
0.565  (  7.4 / 13.0)     12  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
0.539  ( 10.6 / 19.6)     17  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
0.418  (  1.1 /  2.6)      6  Matthew Danish <·······@andrew.cmu.edu>
0.413  (  3.0 /  7.4)      5  ilya <············@example.com>
0.409  (  4.3 / 10.5)     12  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>

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

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

0.653  (  9.3 / 14.3)     11  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
0.638  (  2.9 /  4.6)      7  ····@vanderbilt.edu (sv0f)
0.610  (  5.1 /  8.4)      7  Larry Clapp <·····@theclapp.org>
0.565  (  7.4 / 13.0)     12  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
0.539  ( 10.6 / 19.6)     17  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
0.418  (  1.1 /  2.6)      6  Matthew Danish <·······@andrew.cmu.edu>
0.413  (  3.0 /  7.4)      5  ilya <············@example.com>
0.409  (  4.3 / 10.5)     12  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
0.400  (  5.3 / 13.2)      9  Ivan Boldyrev <········@uiggm.nsc.ru.microsoft.com>
0.398  (  1.5 /  3.7)      5  Barry Margolin <······@genuity.net>

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

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

   33  "let rec" in CL
   24  ···@& pathname problem
   14  Which Lisp is this ?
   12  Lispworks and callbacks?
   12  Re: critics on pattern matcher please
   12  replace helper fn with flet or labels
   10  (upgraded-array-element-type nil)
   10  Re: conditional setq ?
   10  loading and calling a function at runtime
    8  POP3 support

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

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

  70.7 ( 33.4/ 35.6/ 19.6)     33  "let rec" in CL
  46.7 ( 21.0/ 24.1/ 14.2)     24  ···@& pathname problem
  31.6 ( 13.0/ 18.4/ 11.4)     12  Re: critics on pattern matcher please
  24.7 (  9.6/ 14.4/  6.8)     12  replace helper fn with flet or labels
  24.7 (  9.7/ 13.6/  8.1)     10  (upgraded-array-element-type nil)
  22.7 ( 12.3/  8.8/  4.2)     14  Which Lisp is this ?
  21.7 (  7.9/ 13.2/  9.1)     10  loading and calling a function at runtime
  21.5 ( 10.5/ 10.0/  5.3)     12  Lispworks and callbacks?
  20.2 (  9.9/  9.5/  6.0)     10  Re: conditional setq ?
  12.3 (  4.6/  7.7/  4.6)      6  There's gotta be a better way to do this

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

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

0.895  (  7.8/   8.7)      4  Re: lisp and redhat
0.886  (  2.2/   2.5)      6  stuff
0.792  (  3.6/   4.6)      5  vector displaced to the column of a matrix
0.763  (  3.2/   4.2)      3  Simple macro question
0.756  (  3.8/   5.0)      3  The Dynamic Learning Center is up and running! (www.DynamicLearningCenter.com)
0.707  (  1.4/   2.0)      3  LOAD on streams not associated with files
0.692  (  9.1/  13.2)     10  loading and calling a function at runtime
0.671  (  4.0/   6.0)      7  Finding which classes implement a slot
0.636  (  6.0/   9.5)     10  Re: conditional setq ?
0.616  ( 11.4/  18.4)     12  Re: critics on pattern matcher please

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

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

0.569  (  2.9 /  5.1)      5  Re: Protoype in one language, then code in another?
0.558  (  2.9 /  5.2)      6  Re: Will Common-Lisp run on Mac OSX? (newbie)
0.550  ( 19.6 / 35.6)     33  "let rec" in CL
0.548  (  1.4 /  2.6)      7  Making a gui for a lisp program?
0.544  (  0.9 /  1.7)      3  using setq
0.526  (  5.3 / 10.0)     12  Lispworks and callbacks?
0.525  (  1.2 /  2.3)      5  (typep t '(satisfies evenp))
0.474  (  4.2 /  8.8)     14  Which Lisp is this ?
0.474  (  6.8 / 14.4)     12  replace helper fn with flet or labels
0.416  (  1.8 /  4.3)      6  SUBTYPEP and changes to the class hierarchy

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

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

       5  comp.lang.java.programmer
       5  comp.lang.smalltalk
       1  comp.lang.java.tech
       1  comp.lang.scheme
       1  comp.lang.javascript
       1  comp.lang.limbo
       1  comp.lang.java.softwaretools

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

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

       4  "George Hester" <··········@hotmail.com>
       2  ····@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
       2  Bruce Hoult <·····@hoult.org>
       2  Bruce Badger <············@badgerse.come.com>
       2  Chris Gehlker <·······@fastq.com>
       2  ············@taz.qinetiq.com (Lance Parkington)
       1  ········@web.de
       0  ······@schlund.de (Hannah Schroeter)
       0  Francois-Rene Rideau <····@tunes.org>
       0  Chris Beggy <······@kippona.com>