From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <b3ssbt$1oik1t$1@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 23 Feb 2003 08:13:16 GMT and ending at
02 Mar 2003 04:28:49 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:  104
Articles: 342 (117 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  53
Volume generated: 752.4 kb
    - headers:    334.2 kb (5,954 lines)
    - bodies:     398.7 kb (11,042 lines)
    - original:   243.0 kb (7,242 lines)
    - signatures: 19.1 kb (470 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.610

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 3.3
    median: 2.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 48 posters
    s:      4.9 posts
Posts per thread: 6.5
    median: 2 posts
    mode:   1 post - 19 threads
    s:      14.1 posts
Message size: 2252.7 bytes
    - header:     1000.7 bytes (17.4 lines)
    - body:       1193.7 bytes (32.3 lines)
    - original:   727.7 bytes (21.2 lines)
    - signature:  57.3 bytes (1.4 lines)

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

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

   29    51.4 ( 29.6/ 21.7/ 13.4)  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
   23    72.8 ( 27.2/ 45.6/ 27.8)  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
   16    40.4 ( 18.3/ 18.2/ 11.3)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
   15    37.8 ( 15.8/ 21.9/  9.7)  ···@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
   11    28.4 (  8.4/ 20.0/  9.5)  "Adam Warner" <······@consulting.net.nz>
   11    26.6 (  9.0/ 17.6/ 12.1)  ···@ashi.footprints.net (Kaz Kylheku)
   10    23.8 ( 11.5/ 10.0/  5.7)  Barry Margolin <··············@level3.com>
    9    23.1 (  9.4/ 13.1/  8.3)  ················@pobox.com
    9    19.1 (  9.7/  7.4/  3.8)  Ivan Boldyrev <········@uiggm.nsc.ru.microsoft.com>
    9    17.8 ( 12.7/  5.0/  3.0)  "Paul F. Dietz" <·····@dls.net>

These posters accounted for 41.5% of all articles.

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

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

  72.8 ( 27.2/ 45.6/ 27.8)     23  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
  51.4 ( 29.6/ 21.7/ 13.4)     29  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
  40.4 ( 18.3/ 18.2/ 11.3)     16  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
  37.8 ( 15.8/ 21.9/  9.7)     15  ···@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
  28.4 (  6.9/ 20.9/ 13.1)      8  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
  28.4 (  8.4/ 20.0/  9.5)     11  "Adam Warner" <······@consulting.net.nz>
  26.6 (  9.0/ 17.6/ 12.1)     11  ···@ashi.footprints.net (Kaz Kylheku)
  23.8 ( 11.5/ 10.0/  5.7)     10  Barry Margolin <··············@level3.com>
  23.1 (  9.4/ 13.1/  8.3)      9  ················@pobox.com
  19.1 (  9.7/  7.4/  3.8)      9  Ivan Boldyrev <········@uiggm.nsc.ru.microsoft.com>

These posters accounted for 46.8% of the total volume.

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

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

0.799  (  4.6 /  5.8)      5  Jochen Schmidt <···@dataheaven.de>
0.788  (  7.3 /  9.2)      6  ········@yahoo.de (Martin)
0.727  (  5.1 /  7.0)      9  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
0.685  ( 12.1 / 17.6)     11  ···@ashi.footprints.net (Kaz Kylheku)
0.666  (  6.5 /  9.8)      6  ····@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
0.633  (  3.8 /  6.1)      7  "Marc Battyani" <·············@fractalconcept.com>
0.629  (  8.3 / 13.1)      9  ················@pobox.com
0.627  ( 13.1 / 20.9)      8  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
0.620  ( 11.3 / 18.2)     16  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
0.617  ( 13.4 / 21.7)     29  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>

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

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

0.617  ( 13.4 / 21.7)     29  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
0.608  ( 27.8 / 45.6)     23  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
0.606  (  3.0 /  5.0)      9  "Paul F. Dietz" <·····@dls.net>
0.578  (  4.9 /  8.4)      7  "Alan Baljeu" <·······@sympatico.deleteme.ca>
0.566  (  5.7 / 10.0)     10  Barry Margolin <··············@level3.com>
0.523  (  1.2 /  2.2)      5  Florian Weimer <··@deneb.enyo.de>
0.509  (  3.8 /  7.4)      9  Ivan Boldyrev <········@uiggm.nsc.ru.microsoft.com>
0.478  (  9.5 / 20.0)     11  "Adam Warner" <······@consulting.net.nz>
0.443  (  9.7 / 21.9)     15  ···@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
0.389  (  1.4 /  3.6)      5  Raymond Wiker <·············@fast.no>

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

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

   82  (eq x x) => false
   48  Re: Challenges for C++?
   25  Challenge for Common-Lisp
   21  Can this be done faster
   19  Re: Newbie variable question
   15  running lisp without an OS
    9  Re: Tweaking and measuring CLOS
    9  Re: (upgraded-array-element-type nil)
    8  The final piece of the puzzle: Assignment
    7  Re: Announcement: new Lisp implementation

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

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

 202.6 ( 89.2/110.3/ 61.7)     82  (eq x x) => false
  98.0 ( 49.5/ 45.4/ 26.6)     48  Re: Challenges for C++?
  57.7 ( 18.4/ 38.9/ 21.0)     19  Re: Newbie variable question
  57.3 ( 22.8/ 31.9/ 16.2)     25  Challenge for Common-Lisp
  49.1 ( 19.0/ 28.5/ 17.8)     21  Can this be done faster
  31.4 ( 13.1/ 17.6/ 11.2)     15  running lisp without an OS
  18.9 ( 12.6/  6.0/  3.4)      9  Re: (upgraded-array-element-type nil)
  17.0 (  8.2/  8.1/  5.1)      9  Re: Tweaking and measuring CLOS
  16.2 (  7.3/  8.7/  6.4)      8  The final piece of the puzzle: Assignment
  15.7 (  6.5/  8.9/  5.4)      7  Re: Announcement: new Lisp implementation

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

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

0.895  (  4.5/   5.0)      3  Question about Jlinker and MemoryImageSource (more generally about graphics in lisp)
0.863  (  3.2/   3.7)      3  How to do this, without COMPILER-LET extension.
0.772  (  2.4/   3.1)      4  until loop - getting "variable UNTIL is unbound"?
0.770  (  4.9/   6.4)      7  any software can translate C to lisp?
0.734  (  2.5/   3.4)      4  FFI with CMU CL problem: array of strings
0.733  (  6.4/   8.7)      8  The final piece of the puzzle: Assignment
0.704  (  1.6/   2.2)      3  [Announce] CL-PDF Release 1.1
0.648  (  2.1/   3.2)      3  Re: Bayesian Probability code for lisp
0.639  (  2.0/   3.1)      3  Handling non-local returns in WITH-x forms
0.634  ( 11.2/  17.6)     15  running lisp without an OS

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

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

0.586  ( 26.6 / 45.4)     48  Re: Challenges for C++?
0.580  (  3.3 /  5.7)      4  Re: Question about Jlinker and MemoryImageSource (more generally
 about graphics in lisp)
0.570  (  2.0 /  3.6)      4  Re: apache + mod_lisp + cmucl + clsql +...
0.561  (  3.4 /  6.0)      9  Re: (upgraded-array-element-type nil)
0.559  ( 61.7 /110.3)     82  (eq x x) => false
0.559  (  1.4 /  2.4)      4  status of cl-http and compilation on cmucl 18d
0.541  ( 21.0 / 38.9)     19  Re: Newbie variable question
0.507  ( 16.2 / 31.9)     25  Challenge for Common-Lisp
0.467  (  1.6 /  3.5)      5  Creating subclasses of builtin types
0.466  (  0.7 /  1.6)      4  Re: About GUIs. Think before coding!

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

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

       6  comp.lang.lisp.franz
       3  comp.lang.lisp.x
       2  comp.lang.functional
       1  comp.lang.scheme
       1  comp.lang.prolog
       1  comp.lang.dylan

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

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

       3  "Christian Schulte" <·······@imit.kth.se>
       2  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
       2  Faust <·······@optushome.com.au>
       2  "Rmagere" <·······@hotmail.com>
       1  ··········@holly-cam.com (Holly)
       1  Daniel Barlow <···@telent.net>
       1  "Paul F. Dietz" <·····@dls.net>
       1  Barry Margolin <··············@level3.com>
       1  Donald Fisk <················@enterprise.net>
       0  ····@emf.emf.net (Tom Lord)