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
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- 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
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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
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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
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
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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
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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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)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
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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)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
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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
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Posts Subject
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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
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(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)
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(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)
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(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
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Articles Newsgroup
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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
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Articles Address
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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>