From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <bqc7k9$1vsig7$2@ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 23 Nov 2003 07:33:06 GMT and ending at
30 Nov 2003 02:55:49 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:  137
Articles: 460 (206 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  54
Volume generated: 1148.1 kb
    - headers:    502.4 kb (8,105 lines)
    - bodies:     613.6 kb (15,585 lines)
    - original:   341.2 kb (9,499 lines)
    - signatures: 31.7 kb (706 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.556

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 3.4
    median: 1 post
    mode:   1 post - 69 posters
    s:      4.6 posts
Posts per thread: 8.5
    median: 4.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 13 threads
    s:      14.1 posts
Message size: 2555.8 bytes
    - header:     1118.3 bytes (17.6 lines)
    - body:       1365.9 bytes (33.9 lines)
    - original:   759.6 bytes (20.6 lines)
    - signature:  70.7 bytes (1.5 lines)

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

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

   27   116.8 ( 41.6/ 71.7/ 34.9)  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
   19    59.0 ( 23.5/ 35.4/ 13.4)  ··············@setf.de
   19    74.0 ( 26.9/ 44.3/ 25.9)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
   19    31.9 ( 18.7/ 13.2/  8.2)  William D Clinger <··········@verizon.net>
   18    55.1 ( 23.4/ 27.7/ 17.9)  Fergus Henderson <···@cs.mu.oz.au>
   18    32.9 ( 19.3/ 13.5/  6.1)  Joe Marshall <·············@comcast.net>
   16    43.4 ( 15.6/ 27.7/ 19.7)  Kent M Pitman <······@nhplace.com>
   15    35.3 ( 16.0/ 16.7/ 10.8)  ·····@david-steuber.com
   14    30.7 ( 16.4/ 14.3/  6.6)  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
   13    24.5 ( 17.5/  6.9/  2.9)  Feuer <·····@his.com>

These posters accounted for 38.7% of all articles.

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

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

 116.8 ( 41.6/ 71.7/ 34.9)     27  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
  74.0 ( 26.9/ 44.3/ 25.9)     19  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
  59.0 ( 23.5/ 35.4/ 13.4)     19  ··············@setf.de
  55.1 ( 23.4/ 27.7/ 17.9)     18  Fergus Henderson <···@cs.mu.oz.au>
  43.4 ( 15.6/ 27.7/ 19.7)     16  Kent M Pitman <······@nhplace.com>
  36.7 ( 12.6/ 19.6/  9.1)     10  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
  36.7 ( 12.4/ 22.6/ 12.0)      8  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
  35.3 ( 16.0/ 16.7/ 10.8)     15  ·····@david-steuber.com
  32.9 ( 19.3/ 13.5/  6.1)     18  Joe Marshall <·············@comcast.net>
  31.9 ( 18.7/ 13.2/  8.2)     19  William D Clinger <··········@verizon.net>

These posters accounted for 45.4% of the total volume.

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

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

0.712  (  5.3 /  7.5)      5  Joachim Durchholz <·················@web.de>
0.710  ( 19.7 / 27.7)     16  Kent M Pitman <······@nhplace.com>
0.700  (  5.1 /  7.3)      5  Adam Warner <······@consulting.net.nz>
0.694  (  6.8 /  9.7)     10  Kaz Kylheku <···@ashi.footprints.net>
0.664  (  5.1 /  7.7)      5  "Markus Mottl" <······@oefai.at>
0.654  (  4.9 /  7.4)      6  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
0.647  ( 17.9 / 27.7)     18  Fergus Henderson <···@cs.mu.oz.au>
0.646  (  2.4 /  3.7)      5  "Steven E. Harris" <········@raytheon.com>
0.645  ( 10.8 / 16.7)     15  ·····@david-steuber.com
0.623  (  8.2 / 13.2)     19  William D Clinger <··········@verizon.net>

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

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

0.487  ( 34.9 / 71.7)     27  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
0.480  (  5.8 / 12.1)      6  Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
0.466  (  9.1 / 19.6)     10  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
0.463  (  6.6 / 14.3)     14  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
0.452  (  6.1 / 13.5)     18  Joe Marshall <·············@comcast.net>
0.414  (  2.9 /  6.9)     13  Feuer <·····@his.com>
0.407  (  1.2 /  3.0)      6  Lars Brinkhoff <·········@nocrew.org>
0.377  ( 13.4 / 35.4)     19  ··············@setf.de
0.373  (  2.5 /  6.7)      7  Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
0.290  (  5.1 / 17.6)      9  chenyu <·········@hotmail.com>

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

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

   50  CLOS and C++
   50  OT: More Antilock brakes
   45  (sqrt (factorial 100))
   35  Why I don't believe in static typing
   29  Sequences other than list and vector
   24  Another algorithmic complexity question
   22  Why do lisps have stack limits?
   20  More static type fun.
   13  newbie question 'concatenate' function useage
   11  append a list to another list

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

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

 227.3 ( 82.0/138.2/ 69.6)     50  CLOS and C++
 123.1 ( 62.0/ 59.1/ 31.6)     50  OT: More Antilock brakes
  88.0 ( 47.0/ 38.8/ 22.9)     35  Why I don't believe in static typing
  73.5 ( 39.1/ 32.8/ 16.6)     45  (sqrt (factorial 100))
  67.6 ( 29.2/ 36.4/ 17.8)     29  Sequences other than list and vector
  66.0 ( 29.2/ 33.3/ 13.3)     20  More static type fun.
  56.0 ( 21.0/ 33.5/ 20.5)     22  Why do lisps have stack limits?
  53.8 ( 23.7/ 28.1/ 18.3)     24  Another algorithmic complexity question
  42.6 ( 12.2/ 30.1/ 12.5)     13  newbie question 'concatenate' function useage
  27.7 (  9.7/ 16.8/ 10.1)     10  Bootstrapping SBCL with CLISP on OS X 10.3.1

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

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

0.879  (  4.4/   5.0)      3  debbie, we are here
0.728  (  3.4/   4.6)      6  CLOS and C++ revisited
0.708  (  6.4/   9.0)      6  @ list splicing bug?
0.680  (  5.1/   7.5)      5  Newbie : file handling
0.678  (  7.9/  11.7)      8  Newbie Design Question
0.653  ( 18.3/  28.1)     24  Another algorithmic complexity question
0.646  (  2.0/   3.1)      3  CormanLisp with ilisp problem solved!
0.639  (  2.4/   3.8)      6  = lists nil and null
0.631  (  6.1/   9.7)      9  learning question new guy...
0.616  (  1.8/   2.9)      5  Lispers' sites at dyndns.org: access problems

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

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

0.504  ( 69.6 /138.2)     50  CLOS and C++
0.487  ( 17.8 / 36.4)     29  Sequences other than list and vector
0.486  (  0.4 /  0.9)      3  break infinite loop in corman lisp
0.447  (  2.1 /  4.8)      8  new site
0.441  (  4.4 / 10.0)     11  append a list to another list
0.417  ( 12.5 / 30.1)     13  newbie question 'concatenate' function useage
0.407  (  2.1 /  5.2)      7  Scheme vs Lisp!
0.399  ( 13.3 / 33.3)     20  More static type fun.
0.323  (  1.1 /  3.3)      4  Implementing multithreading in Lisp
0.208  (  0.7 /  3.2)      4  How to put together a home desktop computer for email and access to all the enhancements of varied web sites.

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

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

     105  comp.lang.functional
       4  comp.dcom.telecom.tech
       1  comp.lang.scheme

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

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

      18  Fergus Henderson <···@cs.mu.oz.au>
      13  Feuer <·····@his.com>
      10  William D Clinger <··········@verizon.net>
       5  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
       5  Joe Marshall <·············@comcast.net>
       5  Joachim Durchholz <·················@web.de>
       5  "Markus Mottl" <······@oefai.at>
       3  Matthias Blume <····@my.address.elsewhere>
       3  Raffael Cavallaro <················@junk.mail.me.not.mac.com>
       3  ········@ps.uni-sb.de