From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <bkk2ic$2jcbr$2@ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 14 Sep 2003 12:31:04 GMT and ending at
21 Sep 2003 11:03:37 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:  109
Articles: 372 (132 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  54
Volume generated: 896.7 kb
    - headers:    364.6 kb (6,477 lines)
    - bodies:     507.7 kb (12,812 lines)
    - original:   317.4 kb (8,561 lines)
    - signatures: 24.0 kb (556 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.625

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 3.4
    median: 2 posts
    mode:   1 post - 45 posters
    s:      4.0 posts
Posts per thread: 6.9
    median: 3.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 20 threads
    s:      12.4 posts
Message size: 2468.4 bytes
    - header:     1003.7 bytes (17.4 lines)
    - body:       1397.6 bytes (34.4 lines)
    - original:   873.6 bytes (23.0 lines)
    - signature:  66.1 bytes (1.5 lines)

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

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

   24    57.6 ( 26.7/ 25.6/ 13.1)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
   17    71.6 ( 18.0/ 53.6/ 36.8)  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
   14    44.5 ( 13.7/ 30.8/ 17.1)  Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
   12    16.2 (  9.0/  7.2/  4.5)  ···@agharta.de
   11    44.3 (  9.0/ 35.3/ 34.9)  ··········@YahooGroups.Com
   11    30.7 ( 11.4/ 15.3/  8.3)  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
   10    24.0 (  9.3/ 14.6/  8.0)  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
   10    18.2 ( 14.6/  3.6/  2.1)  "Paul F. Dietz" <·····@dls.net>
    9    15.1 (  9.6/  5.2/  3.1)  Paolo Amoroso <·······@mclink.it>
    8    24.8 (  9.0/ 15.8/  9.6)  "Anton van Straaten" <·····@appsolutions.com>

These posters accounted for 33.9% of all articles.

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

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

  71.6 ( 18.0/ 53.6/ 36.8)     17  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
  57.6 ( 26.7/ 25.6/ 13.1)     24  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
  44.5 ( 13.7/ 30.8/ 17.1)     14  Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
  44.3 (  9.0/ 35.3/ 34.9)     11  ··········@YahooGroups.Com
  34.9 (  9.2/ 24.3/ 15.7)      7  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
  30.7 ( 11.4/ 15.3/  8.3)     11  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
  24.8 (  9.0/ 15.8/  9.6)      8  "Anton van Straaten" <·····@appsolutions.com>
  24.0 (  9.3/ 14.6/  8.0)     10  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
  21.8 (  6.8/ 15.0/  8.3)      6  Erann Gat <··························@jpl.nasa.gov>
  18.2 ( 14.6/  3.6/  2.1)     10  "Paul F. Dietz" <·····@dls.net>

These posters accounted for 41.5% of the total volume.

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

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

0.988  ( 34.9 / 35.3)     11  ··········@YahooGroups.Com
0.772  (  5.2 /  6.7)      5  Gareth McCaughan <················@pobox.com>
0.752  (  6.3 /  8.3)      5  Fred Gilham <······@snapdragon.csl.sri.com>
0.750  (  3.8 /  5.0)      5  Tayss <··········@yahoo.com>
0.692  (  4.2 /  6.0)      6  "Mark Hurd" <········@ozemail.com.au>
0.686  ( 36.8 / 53.6)     17  Kent M Pitman <······@world.std.com>
0.679  (  5.1 /  7.5)      6  Douglas Philips <····@mac.com>
0.676  (  9.0 / 13.4)      5  "Rmagere" <·······@*the-mail-that-burns*.*figure-it-out*>
0.645  ( 15.7 / 24.3)      7  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
0.644  (  4.4 /  6.9)      6  Daniel Barlow <···@telent.net>

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

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

0.555  ( 17.1 / 30.8)     14  Erann Gat <···@jpl.nasa.gov>
0.550  (  8.0 / 14.6)     10  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
0.540  (  8.3 / 15.3)     11  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
0.519  (  1.9 /  3.6)      5  Matthew Danish <·······@andrew.cmu.edu>
0.510  ( 13.1 / 25.6)     24  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
0.470  (  3.5 /  7.4)      5  ·······@yahoo.com
0.452  (  2.9 /  6.3)      6  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
0.338  (  0.9 /  2.7)      5  Wolfhard =?iso-8859-1?q?Bu=DF?= <·····@gmx.net>
0.235  (  1.2 /  5.0)      5  Christopher C. Stacy <······@dtpq.com>
0.229  (  1.3 /  5.7)      5  Thomas F. Burdick <···@apocalypse.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>

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

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

   76  Question about Lisp Coding Style
   49  Lisp vs. Scheme
   30  ILC2003: Helllppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
   19  Can I connect to a local socket?
   16  why does this ecase form not work?
   16  hi all i am new to this so what is a good compiler to use for lisp
   14  Why some people think that Scheme is not a Lisp
   12  ANN: Road to Lisp is now the Road to ALU
   12  We need a flamewar: SBCL vs CMUCL?
   11  The "Illegal Function Object" that won't go away

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

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

 247.5 ( 80.9/160.8/103.1)     76  Question about Lisp Coding Style
 106.6 ( 47.8/ 58.6/ 35.8)     49  Lisp vs. Scheme
  66.2 ( 13.4/ 52.8/ 40.9)     14  Why some people think that Scheme is not a Lisp
  65.5 ( 28.7/ 33.6/ 23.1)     30  ILC2003: Helllppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  45.7 ( 17.4/ 27.5/ 11.8)     19  Can I connect to a local socket?
  30.3 ( 13.8/ 16.1/  8.5)     16  hi all i am new to this so what is a good compiler to use for lisp
  28.9 ( 14.3/ 13.1/  9.1)     16  why does this ecase form not work?
  25.9 ( 14.2/  8.8/  4.1)     12  We need a flamewar: SBCL vs CMUCL?
  20.8 ( 11.1/  9.3/  3.9)     12  ANN: Road to Lisp is now the Road to ALU
  20.4 ( 14.4/  6.0/  3.6)     11  The "Illegal Function Object" that won't go away

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

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

0.858  (  4.1/   4.8)      3  Standards in Artificial Intelligence
0.839  (  4.4/   5.3)      3  How to configure ACL6.2 with Xemacs 21.4.13
0.800  (  3.9/   4.9)      5  LISP From a Deeper Viewpoint
0.774  ( 40.9/  52.8)     14  Why some people think that Scheme is not a Lisp
0.727  (  2.1/   2.8)      3  [Off-Topic] Re: Question about Lisp Coding Style
0.717  (  1.4/   2.0)      3  defclass extension
0.700  (  1.9/   2.8)      3  zebu: how to handle newline in long numbers?
0.697  (  9.1/  13.1)     16  why does this ecase form not work?
0.689  ( 23.1/  33.6)     30  ILC2003: Helllppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
0.664  (  5.7/   8.6)      6  regarding time function

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

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

0.466  (  4.1 /  8.8)     12  We need a flamewar: SBCL vs CMUCL?
0.438  (  0.7 /  1.7)      3  List comprehensions for Lisp version 2
0.434  (  0.7 /  1.6)      3  Garnet install problem
0.430  ( 11.8 / 27.5)     19  Can I connect to a local socket?
0.426  (  1.6 /  3.8)      4  OFF-TOPIC: Looking for a lisp related job? (in MA, USA)
0.423  (  3.9 /  9.3)     12  ANN: Road to Lisp is now the Road to ALU
0.394  (  2.7 /  6.9)      4  CMUCL + db-sockets: random Bad Address (EFAULT) errors
0.385  (  1.9 /  4.8)      6  Counting occurences of an item in a list: is there a better way?
0.320  (  2.0 /  6.3)      7  resetting clisp
0.262  (  1.3 /  4.8)      3  Lisp in php

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

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

       2  comp.std.misc
       1  misc.industry.quality
       1  comp.sys.super
       1  comp.lang.c++
       1  comp.lang.perl.misc
       1  comp.ai.genetic
       1  comp.ai.shells
       1  alt.folklore.computers

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

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

       4  Matthias <······@plea.se>
       4  Arthur T. Murray <·····@victoria.tc.ca>
       1  Micheal Hewett <······@cs.stanford.edu>
       0  Tayss <··········@yahoo.com>
       0  Jon S. Anthony <·········@rcn.com>
       0  abc <···@def.gh>
       0  ·······@ancar.org
       0  George Neuner <········@no.comcast.spam.net>
       0  Joerg-Cyril Hoehle <·····@no-spam.com>
       0  Grzegorz Chrupala <········@pithekos.net>