From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <bo2d3q$166d62$2@ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 26 Oct 2003 07:11:05 GMT and ending at
02 Nov 2003 05:54:26 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:  207
Articles: 1261 (457 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  92
Volume generated: 3386.6 kb
    - headers:    1660.6 kb (22,066 lines)
    - bodies:     1661.8 kb (44,659 lines)
    - original:   932.4 kb (27,634 lines)
    - signatures: 63.0 kb (1,560 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.561

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 6.1
    median: 2 posts
    mode:   1 post - 86 posters
    s:      12.4 posts
Posts per thread: 13.7
    median: 3.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 27 threads
    s:      54.5 posts
Message size: 2750.1 bytes
    - header:     1348.5 bytes (17.5 lines)
    - body:       1349.5 bytes (35.4 lines)
    - original:   757.2 bytes (21.9 lines)
    - signature:  51.2 bytes (1.2 lines)

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

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

   95   302.5 (149.7/147.5/ 68.1)  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
   63   183.3 ( 97.3/ 85.9/ 45.1)  Joachim Durchholz <·················@web.de>
   50   147.6 ( 73.8/ 63.1/ 36.5)  Fergus Henderson <···@cs.mu.oz.au>
   47   120.3 ( 56.6/ 57.8/ 29.2)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
   45   126.8 ( 68.9/ 57.8/ 31.1)  ·············@comcast.net
   45   134.7 ( 79.2/ 55.5/ 28.7)  Matthias Blume <····@my.address.elsewhere>
   45   122.5 ( 60.6/ 61.8/ 28.8)  Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
   38   132.1 ( 38.7/ 93.4/ 56.1)  Dirk Thierbach <··········@gmx.de>
   33    83.1 ( 51.8/ 31.3/ 15.7)  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
   26    60.5 ( 34.9/ 23.7/ 13.7)  ··········@ii.uib.no

These posters accounted for 38.6% of all articles.

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

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

 302.5 (149.7/147.5/ 68.1)     95  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
 183.3 ( 97.3/ 85.9/ 45.1)     63  Joachim Durchholz <·················@web.de>
 147.6 ( 73.8/ 63.1/ 36.5)     50  Fergus Henderson <···@cs.mu.oz.au>
 134.7 ( 79.2/ 55.5/ 28.7)     45  Matthias Blume <····@my.address.elsewhere>
 132.1 ( 38.7/ 93.4/ 56.1)     38  Dirk Thierbach <··········@gmx.de>
 126.8 ( 68.9/ 57.8/ 31.1)     45  ·············@comcast.net
 122.5 ( 60.6/ 61.8/ 28.8)     45  Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
 120.3 ( 56.6/ 57.8/ 29.2)     47  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
  99.4 ( 35.3/ 64.1/ 36.1)     26  Adam Warner <······@consulting.net.nz>
  83.1 ( 51.8/ 31.3/ 15.7)     33  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>

These posters accounted for 42.9% of the total volume.

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

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

0.854  (  9.4 / 11.0)      7  Tayss <··········@yahoo.com>
0.852  ( 15.8 / 18.5)      7  Wang Yin <··@wangyin.com>
0.824  (  3.8 /  4.7)      6  Christian Lynbech <·················@ericsson.com>
0.783  (  5.6 /  7.2)      6  Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
0.782  (  5.0 /  6.3)      6  Frank Goenninger DG1SBG <····@stargate.de.goenninger.com>
0.756  ( 15.8 / 20.9)     14  Raffael Cavallaro <·······@mediaone.net>
0.725  (  6.4 /  8.8)      8  Frode Vatvedt Fjeld <······@cs.uit.no>
0.718  (  8.2 / 11.4)      7  Lex Spoon <···@cc.gatech.edu>
0.714  ( 14.1 / 19.8)     22  Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk <······@knm.org.pl>
0.707  (  5.4 /  7.6)      8  ···@agharta.de

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

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

0.446  ( 10.5 / 23.4)     20  Jon S. Anthony <·········@rcn.com>
0.444  ( 10.3 / 23.1)     18  Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
0.421  (  2.6 /  6.1)      6  mikel <·····@evins.net>
0.400  (  3.0 /  7.5)      5  Mario S . Mommer <········@yahoo.com>
0.394  (  6.7 / 16.9)     10  Ingvar Mattsson <······@cathouse.bofh.se>
0.394  (  1.7 /  4.2)      5  ··········@students.mimuw.edu.pl
0.375  (  2.5 /  6.6)      8  ·······@cs.nyu.edu
0.353  (  3.5 / 10.0)      8  Darius <·······@hotpop.com>
0.349  (  3.5 / 10.0)      7  Gareth McCaughan <·····@g.local>
0.346  (  1.2 /  3.4)      6  =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jens_Axel_S=F8gaard?= <······@jasoegaard.dk>

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

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

  479  Python from Wise Guy's Viewpoint
  229  More static type fun.
   54  python libs v lisp coolness?
   39  Explanation of macros; Haskell macros
   28  Curious about Hemlock?
   24  My take on ARC
   24  OCaml: I am not impressed  (was: Re: More static type fun.)
   23  OCaml: I am not impressed
   17  wxPython and macros (was: Why don't people like lisp?
   15  Global namespace (was Re: python libs v lisp coolness?

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

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

1442.7 (735.1/683.1/370.3)    479  Python from Wise Guy's Viewpoint
 630.9 (313.3/307.6/166.5)    229  More static type fun.
 121.9 ( 61.5/ 56.2/ 30.0)     54  python libs v lisp coolness?
  96.5 ( 50.2/ 44.3/ 23.7)     39  Explanation of macros; Haskell macros
  66.1 ( 26.7/ 38.2/ 21.4)     24  My take on ARC
  66.0 ( 37.8/ 28.0/ 14.8)     24  OCaml: I am not impressed  (was: Re: More static type fun.)
  63.5 ( 36.6/ 26.6/ 14.1)     23  OCaml: I am not impressed
  55.7 ( 24.4/ 30.8/ 17.7)     14  Object Identity [was Re: More static type fun.]
  52.4 ( 28.3/ 20.8/ 12.5)     28  Curious about Hemlock?
  48.7 ( 17.2/ 30.9/ 19.9)     17  wxPython and macros (was: Why don't people like lisp?

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

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

0.875  (  1.8/   2.0)      3  Hemlock? Emacs?
0.787  (  1.4/   1.8)      3  Cormanlisp as inferior-lisp in Emacs: no output from evaluation
0.753  (  1.7/   2.2)      3  PING The Class of 2003: Yer gaining...
0.734  (  2.8/   3.8)      3  OT: Why ! WAS: Re: Row to implement a control for "you are not
 allowed to call me"
0.732  (  3.4/   4.6)      5  Implementation-defined "special operators" allowed?
0.731  ( 13.3/  18.2)     14  Efficiency of multiple values
0.728  (  1.9/   2.6)      3  Non-Lisp "macro" system closest to Common Lisp's?
0.725  (  6.3/   8.7)     11  Whoa! Do Python and Lisp really have LAMBDA ?
0.711  ( 10.8/  15.2)      4  Those who don't know Lisp are doomed to underestimate it [was Re: Python from Wise Guy's Viewpoint]
0.680  (  5.5/   8.1)      4  Test cases and static typing

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

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

0.494  (  7.0 / 14.2)      9  free common lisp for win32
0.493  (  1.8 /  3.7)      4  OT: "Dopamine addicts" was Re: OCaml: I am not impressed
0.493  ( 12.5 / 25.5)     13  Some Macro Questions.
0.493  ( 11.9 / 24.1)      9  Libraries (Was: Programming By The Seat Of Your Pants)
0.449  (  3.8 /  8.4)      8  Modules vs name spaces (Was: Global namespace)
0.443  (  1.0 /  2.2)      3  Automatic generation of patches.
0.419  (  1.1 /  2.6)      3  lambda T-shirt fodder
0.401  (  1.1 /  2.8)      3  Some chapters of Practical Common Lisp on web.
0.309  (  1.0 /  3.4)      3  Static typing
0.256  (  2.2 /  8.8)      4  Newbie - request for code comments

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

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

     861  comp.lang.functional
     280  comp.lang.python
      80  comp.lang.scheme
       6  comp.lang.smalltalk
       5  comp.emacs
       3  alt.troll
       1  comp.lang.scheme.scsh
       1  comp.lang.lisp.franz
       1  comp.os.linux.misc
       1  comp.lang.scheme.c

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

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

     136  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
      87  Joachim Durchholz <·················@web.de>
      67  Fergus Henderson <···@cs.mu.oz.au>
      59  Matthias Blume <····@my.address.elsewhere>
      52  Dirk Thierbach <··········@gmx.de>
      49  ·············@comcast.net
      39  Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
      37  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
      29  ··········@ii.uib.no
      27  Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk <······@knm.org.pl>