From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <bg0mbq$jdjld$1@ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 20 Jul 2003 07:26:43 GMT and ending at
27 Jul 2003 02:45:24 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:  119
Articles: 337 (128 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  53
Volume generated: 945.6 kb
    - headers:    350.7 kb (5,745 lines)
    - bodies:     576.5 kb (14,667 lines)
    - original:   347.5 kb (9,568 lines)
    - signatures: 18.1 kb (482 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.603

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 2.8
    median: 2 posts
    mode:   1 post - 50 posters
    s:      3.7 posts
Posts per thread: 6.4
    median: 3 posts
    mode:   1 post - 21 threads
    s:      11.2 posts
Message size: 2873.4 bytes
    - header:     1065.6 bytes (17.0 lines)
    - body:       1751.8 bytes (43.5 lines)
    - original:   1055.8 bytes (28.4 lines)
    - signature:  54.9 bytes (1.4 lines)

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

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

   20    92.1 ( 27.5/ 64.6/ 32.9)  Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
   17    95.1 ( 21.9/ 71.9/ 40.4)  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
   16    36.3 ( 13.4/ 22.9/ 16.0)  John Proctor <·········@mindspring.com>
   14    30.3 ( 16.2/ 11.7/  4.6)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
   13    54.8 ( 14.7/ 40.1/ 24.8)  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
   11    31.7 (  9.4/ 19.7/  9.7)  Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
    9    22.2 (  9.8/ 11.8/  9.3)  Daniel Barlow <···@telent.net>
    8    18.0 (  6.2/ 11.8/  6.1)  Gabor Melis <····@hotpop.com>
    6    13.7 (  7.3/  6.3/  5.0)  Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <···@iki.fi>
    6    19.7 (  5.9/ 11.1/  4.5)  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>

These posters accounted for 35.6% of all articles.

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

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

  95.1 ( 21.9/ 71.9/ 40.4)     17  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
  92.1 ( 27.5/ 64.6/ 32.9)     20  Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
  54.8 ( 14.7/ 40.1/ 24.8)     13  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
  36.3 ( 13.4/ 22.9/ 16.0)     16  John Proctor <·········@mindspring.com>
  33.7 (  6.1/ 26.7/ 10.6)      4  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
  31.7 (  9.4/ 19.7/  9.7)     11  Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
  30.3 ( 16.2/ 11.7/  4.6)     14  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
  22.2 (  4.5/ 17.7/ 17.6)      5  ··········@YahooGroups.Com
  22.2 (  9.8/ 11.8/  9.3)      9  Daniel Barlow <···@telent.net>
  19.7 (  5.9/ 11.1/  4.5)      6  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>

These posters accounted for 46.3% of the total volume.

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

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

0.995  ( 17.6 / 17.7)      5  ··········@YahooGroups.Com
0.791  (  9.3 / 11.8)      9  Daniel Barlow <···@telent.net>
0.785  (  5.0 /  6.3)      6  Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <···@iki.fi>
0.714  (  2.9 /  4.0)      5  ······@interaccess.com
0.701  ( 16.0 / 22.9)     16  John Proctor <·········@mindspring.com>
0.687  (  2.2 /  3.2)      5  "Valery A.Khamenya" <··········@biovision-discovery.de>
0.619  ( 24.8 / 40.1)     13  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
0.561  ( 40.4 / 71.9)     17  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
0.518  (  6.1 / 11.8)      8  Gabor Melis <····@hotpop.com>
0.510  ( 32.9 / 64.6)     20  Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>

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

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

0.619  ( 24.8 / 40.1)     13  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
0.561  ( 40.4 / 71.9)     17  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
0.518  (  6.1 / 11.8)      8  Gabor Melis <····@hotpop.com>
0.510  ( 32.9 / 64.6)     20  Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
0.490  (  9.7 / 19.7)     11  Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
0.485  (  3.1 /  6.3)      5  "Coby Beck" <·····@mercury.bc.ca>
0.416  (  4.3 / 10.4)      5  Marc Spitzer <········@optonline.net>
0.409  (  4.5 / 11.1)      6  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
0.396  (  4.2 / 10.7)      5  mikel <·····@evins.net>
0.391  (  4.6 / 11.7)     14  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>

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

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

   56  why I/O is so slow?
   43  [Off-topic] Environmentalist nuts (was: Re: ethics of business - [was: GCL, CLISP and CMUCL])
   22  Some good news
   15  CMUCL or SBCL on the Mac
   15  [Off-topic] Environmentalist nuts
   14  Defining a package conditionally in a compiled file
   13  ethics of business
   13  ethics of business - [was: GCL, CLISP and CMUCL]
   11  Clear Lists from memory
   10  Amendments to ANS

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

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

 201.5 ( 61.6/138.1/ 73.9)     43  [Off-topic] Environmentalist nuts (was: Re: ethics of business - [was: GCL, CLISP and CMUCL])
 153.2 ( 47.7/103.4/ 69.5)     56  why I/O is so slow?
  69.2 ( 14.0/ 53.8/ 26.3)     10  Amendments to ANS
  52.9 ( 16.6/ 35.9/ 17.8)     13  ethics of business - [was: GCL, CLISP and CMUCL]
  40.3 ( 15.1/ 23.3/ 14.4)     15  CMUCL or SBCL on the Mac
  36.4 ( 23.5/ 12.2/  5.3)     15  [Off-topic] Environmentalist nuts
  34.8 ( 15.5/ 18.9/ 13.5)     13  ethics of business
  33.8 ( 18.3/ 14.1/  8.5)     22  Some good news
  30.6 ( 12.4/ 17.8/ 10.5)     14  Defining a package conditionally in a compiled file
  22.7 (  8.2/ 14.2/  8.0)      7  ethics of business [was: GCL, CLISP and CMUCL]

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

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

0.985  (  5.3/   5.4)      3  newbie needs some direction
0.901  (  1.2/   1.3)      4  Help me :-)
0.891  ( 11.9/  13.3)      4  Where to start
0.887  (  6.4/   7.2)      6  Loading new definitions into running program images?
0.732  (  0.9/   1.2)      3  SQL with Common Lisp
0.716  ( 13.5/  18.9)     13  ethics of business
0.713  (  1.4/   1.9)      3  htdoc.lisp problems
0.672  ( 69.5/ 103.4)     56  why I/O is so slow?
0.664  (  4.9/   7.5)      7  Lisp and the Y2038 problem
0.656  (  1.0/   1.6)      4  Scheme/Lisp Meetup

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

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

0.589  ( 10.5 / 17.8)     14  Defining a package conditionally in a compiled file
0.563  (  4.9 /  8.7)     10  Web client software in CL?
0.559  (  8.0 / 14.2)      7  ethics of business [was: GCL, CLISP and CMUCL]
0.535  ( 73.9 /138.1)     43  [Off-topic] Environmentalist nuts (was: Re: ethics of business - [was: GCL, CLISP and CMUCL])
0.534  (  5.3 /  9.9)      7  html generation API
0.494  ( 17.8 / 35.9)     13  ethics of business - [was: GCL, CLISP and CMUCL]
0.489  ( 26.3 / 53.8)     10  Amendments to ANS
0.431  (  5.3 / 12.2)     15  [Off-topic] Environmentalist nuts
0.409  (  2.5 /  6.1)      7  A Critique of Common Lisp
0.407  (  1.9 /  4.7)      4  [Off-topic] Environmentalist nuts (was: Re: ethics of business
 - [was: GCL, CLISP and CMUCL])

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

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

      11  comp.lang.scheme
       4  comp.lang.functional
       1  comp.lang.lisp.franz
       1  comp.lang.prolog
       1  comp.lang.dylan
       1  comp.constraints

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

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

       3  "Christian Schulte" <·······@imit.kth.se>
       2  Paolo Amoroso <·······@mclink.it>
       2  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
       2  Matthias <····@yourself.pl>
       2  Douglas Campbell <···········@hotmail.com>
       2  Andreas Bogk <·······@andreas.org>
       1  Paul Dietz <············@motorola.com>
       1  Claudio Castellini <·····@NO.dist.SPAM.unige.it>
       1  Janis Dzerins <·····@latnet.lv>
       1  Fred Gilham <······@snapdragon.csl.sri.com>