From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <b0e6qo$o7244$1@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 12 Jan 2003 08:09:26 GMT and ending at
19 Jan 2003 04:49:43 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:  126
Articles: 333 (116 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  52
Volume generated: 741.6 kb
    - headers:    309.9 kb (5,662 lines)
    - bodies:     407.4 kb (10,770 lines)
    - original:   263.7 kb (7,388 lines)
    - signatures: 23.9 kb (567 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.647

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 2.6
    median: 2.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 61 posters
    s:      3.7 posts
Posts per thread: 6.4
    median: 3.5 posts
    mode:   1 post - 14 threads
    s:      9.0 posts
Message size: 2280.5 bytes
    - header:     953.1 bytes (17.0 lines)
    - body:       1252.9 bytes (32.3 lines)
    - original:   810.8 bytes (22.2 lines)
    - signature:  73.5 bytes (1.7 lines)

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

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

   17    40.8 ( 16.6/ 21.5/ 16.1)  http://naggum.no/erik/contact.html
   17    55.4 ( 19.4/ 36.0/ 20.3)  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
   15    22.2 ( 14.2/  8.0/  4.8)  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
   11    26.4 (  8.9/ 17.5/ 13.6)  ···@ashi.footprints.net (Kaz Kylheku)
    9    25.0 (  8.9/ 14.5/ 10.1)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
    8    16.0 (  5.6/ 10.4/  8.5)  "Adam Warner" <······@consulting.net.nz>
    8    23.5 (  7.6/ 15.3/  8.3)  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
    7    10.2 (  4.4/  5.8/  3.6)  Edi Weitz <···@agharta.de>
    7    17.1 (  7.4/  8.2/  4.0)  Barry Margolin <······@genuity.net>
    7    20.3 (  8.0/ 12.4/  7.3)  =?iso-8859-1?q?=22Aur=E9lien_Camp=E9as=22?= <···········@wanadoo.fr>

These posters accounted for 31.8% of all articles.

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

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

  55.4 ( 19.4/ 36.0/ 20.3)     17  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
  40.8 ( 16.6/ 21.5/ 16.1)     17  http://naggum.no/erik/contact.html
  26.4 (  8.9/ 17.5/ 13.6)     11  ···@ashi.footprints.net (Kaz Kylheku)
  25.0 (  8.9/ 14.5/ 10.1)      9  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
  24.7 (  3.4/ 21.3/ 21.3)      5  ····@emf.emf.net (Tom Lord)
  23.5 (  7.6/ 15.3/  8.3)      8  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
  22.8 (  6.2/ 16.5/  9.7)      5  Damien Kick <······@email.mot.com>
  22.2 ( 14.2/  8.0/  4.8)     15  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
  20.3 (  8.0/ 12.4/  7.3)      7  =?iso-8859-1?q?=22Aur=E9lien_Camp=E9as=22?= <···········@wanadoo.fr>
  17.1 (  7.4/  8.2/  4.0)      7  Barry Margolin <······@genuity.net>

These posters accounted for 37.5% of the total volume.

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

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

0.997  ( 21.3 / 21.3)      5  ····@emf.emf.net (Tom Lord)
0.813  (  8.5 / 10.4)      8  "Adam Warner" <······@consulting.net.nz>
0.777  ( 13.6 / 17.5)     11  ···@ashi.footprints.net (Kaz Kylheku)
0.757  (  7.0 /  9.2)      5  "Simon Katz" <·····@nomistech.com>
0.748  ( 16.1 / 21.5)     17  http://naggum.no/erik/contact.html
0.702  (  1.4 /  2.0)      5  Nicolas Neuss <·············@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
0.701  ( 10.1 / 14.5)      9  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
0.631  (  3.6 /  5.8)      7  Edi Weitz <···@agharta.de>
0.601  (  3.0 /  5.0)      5  ······@earthlink.net (Andy Freeman)
0.600  (  3.3 /  5.5)      6  Larry Clapp <·····@theclapp.org>

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

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

0.600  (  3.3 /  5.5)      6  Larry Clapp <·····@theclapp.org>
0.596  (  4.8 /  8.0)     15  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
0.595  (  7.3 / 12.4)      7  =?iso-8859-1?q?=22Aur=E9lien_Camp=E9as=22?= <···········@wanadoo.fr>
0.588  (  9.7 / 16.5)      5  Damien Kick <······@email.mot.com>
0.566  ( 20.3 / 36.0)     17  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
0.543  (  8.3 / 15.3)      8  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
0.490  (  3.9 /  7.9)      6  ···@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
0.486  (  4.0 /  8.2)      7  Barry Margolin <······@genuity.net>
0.397  (  1.0 /  2.5)      5  "u.r. faust" <·······@optushome.com.au>
0.247  (  0.8 /  3.3)      5  ·······@cs.nyu.edu

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

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

   47  Re: OT: Erik Naggum's Long-Windedness (was: (endp lst) or (null lst))
   22  How to convince employer..
   20  building a new run-time system
   19  Re: conservative gc sucks
   18  Re: closing files by gc
   18  Writing (un)maintanble code
   12  format directive
   12  lisp and redhat
   11  Re: Interest of formal proof  Was: Rudeness index was Looking for Lisp compiler
    9  EVAL-WHEN and using SPECIAL

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

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

 122.9 ( 50.5/ 69.4/ 44.2)     47  Re: OT: Erik Naggum's Long-Windedness (was: (endp lst) or (null lst))
  75.3 ( 21.6/ 52.9/ 30.2)     18  Re: closing files by gc
  53.6 ( 16.1/ 36.8/ 31.0)     19  Re: conservative gc sucks
  41.7 ( 15.6/ 25.2/ 12.8)     11  Re: Interest of formal proof  Was: Rudeness index was Looking for Lisp compiler
  40.7 ( 17.7/ 21.4/ 14.7)     22  How to convince employer..
  37.3 ( 17.6/ 18.3/ 11.2)     20  building a new run-time system
  26.0 ( 14.9/ 10.2/  5.6)     18  Writing (un)maintanble code
  24.9 (  7.6/ 16.0/  9.4)      9  EVAL-WHEN and using SPECIAL
  22.9 (  7.8/ 15.0/  5.6)      8  NON-trivial regular expression problem (could not find on google)
  22.2 ( 11.1/ 10.0/  7.1)     12  lisp and redhat

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

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

0.843  ( 31.0/  36.8)     19  Re: conservative gc sucks
0.834  (  8.1/   9.7)      8  Lisp editor that can parse strings
0.747  (  6.9/   9.2)      7  A little, tiny crack in the language
0.745  (  3.2/   4.3)      3  Re: Help with Lisp exercise in book
0.741  (  7.8/  10.6)      9  A very simple question on SED or AWK for a GURU, possibly a lisp script or emacs batch processing of many files
0.733  (  1.3/   1.8)      4  Repackaging Lisp
0.731  (  2.4/   3.2)      3  Lisp for projects
0.715  (  8.3/  11.6)      8  Half of *PRINT-ESCAPE*
0.713  (  1.1/   1.5)      5  Re: John McCarthy RIP
0.707  (  7.1/  10.0)     12  lisp and redhat

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

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

0.591  (  0.8 /  1.3)      5  Help
0.590  (  2.4 /  4.1)      8  Implementations of C function interface?
0.585  (  9.4 / 16.0)      9  EVAL-WHEN and using SPECIAL
0.572  ( 30.2 / 52.9)     18  Re: closing files by gc
0.554  (  5.6 / 10.2)     18  Writing (un)maintanble code
0.526  (  3.6 /  6.7)      5  Re: Conservative vs. precise GC
0.512  (  2.8 /  5.6)     12  format directive
0.509  ( 12.8 / 25.2)     11  Re: Interest of formal proof  Was: Rudeness index was Looking for Lisp compiler
0.498  (  2.1 /  4.3)      5  Re: syntax question from a newbie
0.375  (  5.6 / 15.0)      8  NON-trivial regular expression problem (could not find on google)

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

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

      18  gnu.emacs.help
      12  comp.unix.shell
       9  gnu.misc.discuss
       9  comp.lang.awk
       1  comp.lang.java.programmer
       1  comp.lang.functional
       1  comp.lang.java.misc
       1  comp.lang.python
       1  comp.lang.java.tech
       1  comp.lang.java.setup

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

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

       9  ······@viagra99.com
       5  ·········@hotmail.com (gnuist006)
       3  ········@india.com (Instant Democracy)
       3  ·······@sheol.org (Wayne Throop)
       3  Harry Putnam <···@sbcglobal.net>
       3  ···············@uni-duisburg.de (Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann?=)
       3  AW <··········@hotmail.com>
       3  Larry Clapp <·····@theclapp.org>
       3  William Park <············@yahoo.ca>
       3  "Dr. Yuan Liu" <····@stemnet.nf.ca.remove_this>