From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <b5kgh7$2aamda$1@ID-125932.news.dfncis.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 16 Mar 2003 11:43:43 GMT and ending at
22 Mar 2003 20:15:43 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:  122
Articles: 496 (170 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  49
Volume generated: 1392.7 kb
    - headers:    533.1 kb (8,662 lines)
    - bodies:     833.3 kb (19,658 lines)
    - original:   504.3 kb (12,757 lines)
    - signatures: 25.8 kb (674 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.605

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 4.1
    median: 2.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 51 posters
    s:      5.9 posts
Posts per thread: 10.1
    median: 3 posts
    mode:   1 post - 14 threads
    s:      28.0 posts
Message size: 2875.3 bytes
    - header:     1100.6 bytes (17.5 lines)
    - body:       1720.4 bytes (39.6 lines)
    - original:   1041.1 bytes (25.7 lines)
    - signature:  53.3 bytes (1.4 lines)

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

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

   37    77.8 ( 43.9/ 33.9/ 22.1)  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
   28    81.3 ( 24.7/ 54.4/ 29.2)  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
   27   102.9 ( 28.0/ 74.8/ 36.7)  ···@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
   25   116.5 ( 33.6/ 82.9/ 61.1)  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
   23    60.9 ( 22.9/ 38.0/ 16.3)  Anthony Ventimiglia <···@mongrel.dogpound>
   16    51.2 ( 18.8/ 32.3/ 13.5)  Larry Elmore <·······@attbi.com>
   15    58.7 ( 15.8/ 39.4/ 31.6)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
   14    44.6 ( 15.1/ 29.4/  8.6)  Marc Spitzer <········@optonline.net>
   11    52.1 ( 11.3/ 40.8/ 24.8)  Michael Parker <·············@earthlink.net>
   11    47.2 ( 14.7/ 31.8/ 20.4)  Burton Samograd <······@hotmail.com>

These posters accounted for 41.7% of all articles.

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

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

 116.5 ( 33.6/ 82.9/ 61.1)     25  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
 102.9 ( 28.0/ 74.8/ 36.7)     27  ···@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
  81.3 ( 24.7/ 54.4/ 29.2)     28  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
  77.8 ( 43.9/ 33.9/ 22.1)     37  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
  60.9 ( 22.9/ 38.0/ 16.3)     23  Anthony Ventimiglia <···@mongrel.dogpound>
  58.7 ( 15.8/ 39.4/ 31.6)     15  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
  52.1 ( 11.3/ 40.8/ 24.8)     11  Michael Parker <·············@earthlink.net>
  51.2 ( 18.8/ 32.3/ 13.5)     16  Larry Elmore <·······@attbi.com>
  47.2 ( 14.7/ 31.8/ 20.4)     11  Burton Samograd <······@hotmail.com>
  44.6 ( 15.1/ 29.4/  8.6)     14  Marc Spitzer <········@optonline.net>

These posters accounted for 49.8% of the total volume.

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

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

0.837  ( 14.4 / 17.2)      6  Christopher Browne <········@acm.org>
0.803  (  4.4 /  5.5)      6  ···@ashi.footprints.net (Kaz Kylheku)
0.802  ( 31.6 / 39.4)     15  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
0.787  (  6.9 /  8.8)      5  ····@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
0.779  (  5.0 /  6.4)      6  "Steven M. Haflich" <·················@alum.mit.edu>
0.743  (  6.6 /  8.9)      7  Gabe Garza <·······@ix.netcom.com>
0.738  ( 61.1 / 82.9)     25  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
0.735  (  3.8 /  5.1)      9  Espen Vestre <·····@*do-not-spam-me*.vestre.net>
0.653  ( 22.1 / 33.9)     37  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
0.646  (  7.8 / 12.0)     10  "Paul F. Dietz" <·····@dls.net>

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

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

0.587  (  5.8 /  9.8)      7  Barry Margolin <··············@level3.com>
0.586  (  2.1 /  3.5)      6  Michael Livshin <······@cmm.kakpryg.net>
0.537  ( 29.2 / 54.4)     28  Nils Goesche <···@cartan.de>
0.534  (  7.5 / 14.0)      9  Greg Menke <··········@toadmail.com>
0.522  ( 13.2 / 25.4)     10  Joost Kremers <············@yahoo.com>
0.491  ( 36.7 / 74.8)     27  ···@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
0.429  ( 16.3 / 38.0)     23  Anthony Ventimiglia <···@mongrel.dogpound>
0.417  ( 13.5 / 32.3)     16  Larry Elmore <·······@attbi.com>
0.293  (  8.6 / 29.4)     14  Marc Spitzer <········@optonline.net>
0.250  (  1.6 /  6.3)      5  unknown

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

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

  171  Against war (off topic)
  110  Re: Learning new things
   26  Standards compliance question
   22  Algorithm help
   14  backquote-like syntax for building strings.
   12  space probes ? Re: Slashdot: Using Memory Errors to Attack a Virtual Machine
   10  Cells for CormanLisp
   10  Question about lisp history?
    8  CAPI question
    8  (format t ...) in CLHS

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

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

 517.2 (169.7/342.0/177.1)    171  Against war (off topic)
 370.1 (157.6/207.9/132.5)    110  Re: Learning new things
  94.4 ( 30.9/ 61.5/ 44.4)     26  Standards compliance question
  51.1 ( 22.9/ 25.8/ 13.4)     22  Algorithm help
  38.9 (  8.8/ 28.0/ 20.3)     10  Cells for CormanLisp
  23.3 ( 11.8/ 11.2/  6.4)     12  space probes ? Re: Slashdot: Using Memory Errors to Attack a Virtual Machine
  20.9 ( 11.5/  8.6/  4.7)     14  backquote-like syntax for building strings.
  15.8 (  8.5/  7.3/  5.2)     10  Question about lisp history?
  15.3 (  8.2/  6.1/  2.5)      7  Re: PortableAserve should use regular expressions
  14.8 (  4.5/ 10.3/  8.5)      6  CLOS dispatch on dynamic variables

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

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

0.824  (  8.5/  10.3)      6  CLOS dispatch on dynamic variables
0.800  (  9.7/  12.2)      3  (re: kent) free software, business, lisp
0.799  (  3.0/   3.7)      5  Re: newbie question
0.792  (  3.8/   4.8)      4  nested backquote: interpretation of ,,@ and ,@,@.
0.780  (  3.6/   4.7)      3  Re: DEFINE-CONDITION questions
0.727  (  5.0/   6.9)      5  reloading a boatload of symbols more quickly
0.725  (  5.7/   7.8)      3  Cells and KR (was: Cells for CormanLisp)
0.724  ( 20.3/  28.0)     10  Cells for CormanLisp
0.722  ( 44.4/  61.5)     26  Standards compliance question
0.718  (  5.2/   7.3)     10  Question about lisp history?

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

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

0.572  (  6.4 / 11.2)     12  space probes ? Re: Slashdot: Using Memory Errors to Attack a Virtual Machine
0.569  (  3.5 /  6.2)      5  Protected stacks (was Re: Standards compliance question)
0.548  (  4.7 /  8.6)     14  backquote-like syntax for building strings.
0.520  ( 13.4 / 25.8)     22  Algorithm help
0.518  (177.1 /342.0)    171  Against war (off topic)
0.467  (  3.3 /  7.0)      8  CAPI question
0.424  (  0.5 /  1.1)      6  About off-topic
0.421  (  0.5 /  1.1)      3  Re: Washington DC Lispers
0.410  (  2.5 /  6.1)      7  Re: PortableAserve should use regular expressions
0.330  (  0.8 /  2.4)      4  Re: rename-file problem

Top 10 Targets for Crossposts
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Articles  Newsgroup
--------  ---------


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

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

       0  ·······@ancar.org
       0  ····@emf.emf.net (Tom Lord)
       0  ······@schlund.de (Hannah Schroeter)
       0  "Adam Warner" <······@consulting.net.nz>
       0  ······@attbi.com
       0  Gabe Garza <·······@ix.netcom.com>
       0  Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
       0  ····@hotpop.com (Gabor Melis)
       0  Michael Schuerig <········@acm.org>
       0  Frode Vatvedt Fjeld <······@cs.uit.no>