From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <c0n8h0$1941u0$2@ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 08 Feb 2004 07:29:38 GMT and ending at
15 Feb 2004 06:36:07 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:  143
Articles: 633 (270 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  65
Volume generated: 1686.2 kb
    - headers:    691.4 kb (11,194 lines)
    - bodies:     954.2 kb (24,508 lines)
    - original:   593.2 kb (16,489 lines)
    - signatures: 39.9 kb (924 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.622

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 4.4
    median: 2 posts
    mode:   1 post - 50 posters
    s:      5.5 posts
Posts per thread: 9.7
    median: 4 posts
    mode:   1 post - 19 threads
    s:      14.5 posts
Message size: 2727.7 bytes
    - header:     1118.5 bytes (17.7 lines)
    - body:       1543.6 bytes (38.7 lines)
    - original:   959.6 bytes (26.0 lines)
    - signature:  64.6 bytes (1.5 lines)

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

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

   33   100.8 ( 47.7/ 49.2/ 21.0)  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
   24    65.2 ( 28.3/ 33.7/ 22.9)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
   21    47.5 ( 16.9/ 30.5/ 19.4)  Dave Roberts <·············@re-move.droberts.com>
   20    46.7 ( 16.8/ 25.0/ 12.8)  Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
   20    52.6 ( 19.0/ 24.7/ 10.6)  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
   19    41.0 ( 20.3/ 20.6/ 10.6)  Joe Marshall <·············@comcast.net>
   18    48.2 ( 22.6/ 25.6/ 14.8)  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
   14    49.1 ( 21.2/ 27.9/ 12.0)  Erann Gat <·········@jpl.nasa.gov>
   14    26.3 ( 13.4/ 12.6/  8.9)  Frode Vatvedt Fjeld <······@cs.uit.no>
   14    58.3 ( 22.3/ 35.9/ 29.6)  Raffael Cavallaro <················@pas-d'espam-s'il-vous-plait-dot-mac.com>

These posters accounted for 31.1% of all articles.

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

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

 100.8 ( 47.7/ 49.2/ 21.0)     33  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
  98.3 ( 12.3/ 86.0/ 60.2)      7  "Mark Cook" <·····@prodigy.net>
  65.2 ( 28.3/ 33.7/ 22.9)     24  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
  58.3 ( 22.3/ 35.9/ 29.6)     14  Raffael Cavallaro <················@pas-d'espam-s'il-vous-plait-dot-mac.com>
  52.6 ( 19.0/ 24.7/ 10.6)     20  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
  49.1 ( 21.2/ 27.9/ 12.0)     14  Erann Gat <·········@jpl.nasa.gov>
  48.5 ( 16.5/ 29.7/ 14.5)     11  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
  48.2 ( 22.6/ 25.6/ 14.8)     18  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
  47.5 ( 16.9/ 30.5/ 19.4)     21  Dave Roberts <·············@re-move.droberts.com>
  46.7 ( 16.8/ 25.0/ 12.8)     20  Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>

These posters accounted for 36.5% of the total volume.

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

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

0.957  (  8.1 /  8.5)      8  Bulent Murtezaoglu <··@acm.org>
0.932  ( 11.9 / 12.8)      5  Alan Crowe <····@cawtech.freeserve.co.uk>
0.853  (  4.7 /  5.5)      5  Tim Lavoie <········@spamcop.net>
0.823  ( 29.6 / 35.9)     14  Raffael Cavallaro <················@pas-d'espam-s'il-vous-plait-dot-mac.com>
0.806  (  5.2 /  6.4)      7  Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <···@iki.fi>
0.789  ( 21.2 / 26.9)      7  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
0.759  (  7.6 / 10.1)     10  Tim Bradshaw <··········@tfeb.org>
0.745  (  3.3 /  4.5)      6  jan <······@iprimus.com.au>
0.740  ( 14.6 / 19.7)     11  "Will Hartung" <·····@msoft.com>
0.734  (  7.3 /  9.9)      7  Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>

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

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

0.512  ( 12.8 / 25.0)     20  Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
0.487  ( 14.5 / 29.7)     11  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
0.440  (  1.2 /  2.7)      6  Lars Brinkhoff <·········@nocrew.org>
0.431  ( 12.0 / 27.9)     14  Erann Gat <·········@jpl.nasa.gov>
0.430  (  2.7 /  6.2)      7  Michael Hudson <···@python.net>
0.429  ( 10.6 / 24.7)     20  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
0.426  ( 21.0 / 49.2)     33  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
0.345  ( 10.0 / 29.0)     14  Greg Menke <··········@toadmail.com>
0.339  (  2.3 /  6.8)      8  ·······@cs.nyu.edu
0.313  (  2.1 /  6.6)      8  Raymond Wiker <·············@fast.no>

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

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

   60  Doing mini-languages in CL
   54  Which Emacs CL mode?
   44  CLISP vs. CMUCL vs. SBCL
   41  An implementation of Python in Common Lisp
   40  Critique my code...
   31  compile
   30  Understanding #' and function variables
   29  Can I write brutal 3D shooters in lisp?
   25  gcc in Lisp
   22  When is a variable a dynamic variable?

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

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

 167.5 ( 63.4/ 98.9/ 56.9)     60  Doing mini-languages in CL
 157.8 ( 32.7/125.0/ 93.3)     20  PLEASE IGNORE THAT ONE!  All screwed up, multi-duplicated text, ...
 155.8 ( 57.2/ 95.0/ 54.6)     54  Which Emacs CL mode?
 120.5 ( 49.3/ 69.9/ 32.2)     30  Understanding #' and function variables
 100.7 ( 53.6/ 43.7/ 22.8)     41  An implementation of Python in Common Lisp
  93.2 ( 37.0/ 52.0/ 26.9)     44  CLISP vs. CMUCL vs. SBCL
  83.8 ( 31.9/ 48.8/ 25.9)     29  Can I write brutal 3D shooters in lisp?
  79.2 ( 32.3/ 44.7/ 26.7)     40  Critique my code...
  72.4 ( 41.1/ 29.5/ 18.4)     31  compile
  61.0 ( 37.7/ 21.8/ 11.5)     22  When is a variable a dynamic variable?

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

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

0.966  (  9.9/  10.3)      5  Cello Screen Shots
0.907  ( 30.1/  33.2)     14  Book of lisp games
0.746  ( 93.3/ 125.0)     20  PLEASE IGNORE THAT ONE!  All screwed up, multi-duplicated text, ...
0.728  (  3.7/   5.0)      7  Installing LispWorks on Debian
0.705  ( 12.3/  17.5)     13  correct problem.
0.688  (  2.3/   3.3)      4  Lispworks + OpenGL puzzle
0.679  (  1.8/   2.6)      3  (pathname "/tmp/foo/bar/") vs (pathname "/tmp/foo/bar")
0.654  (  9.7/  14.8)      7  The Next Move in Programming
0.632  (  1.6/   2.5)      4  Newbie Question (Help needed)
0.629  (  5.1/   8.2)      4  Accessing a per-class slot without an instance

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

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

0.518  (  2.3 /  4.5)      4  To use or not to use CLOS
0.518  ( 26.9 / 52.0)     44  CLISP vs. CMUCL vs. SBCL
0.472  (  8.8 / 18.6)     11  About a macro
0.460  ( 32.2 / 69.9)     30  Understanding #' and function variables
0.459  (  1.3 /  2.8)      3  Quieter glyphs than parentheses
0.451  (  1.2 /  2.8)      3  Something like cparse for UFFI yet?
0.446  (  2.4 /  5.4)      4  Cello Rising
0.432  (  1.2 /  2.8)      5  Hint for "EVAL: variable pos has no value"
0.424  (  1.1 /  2.6)      6  (Newbie Q:) How to use stable-sort with a computed "key" field
0.303  (  0.6 /  1.9)      3  PLEASE IGNORE THAT ONE!  All screwed up, multi-duplicated text,
 ...

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

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

       8  comp.lang.scheme
       4  alt.religion.scientology
       1  comp.lang.functional
       1  alt.religion.emacs
       1  gnu.emacs.help
       1  alt.clearing.technology
       1  misc.education
       1  misc.education.science
       1  comp.lang.logo

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

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

       4  The only real Barbara Schwarz <···················@myway.com>
       3  ·········@lxny.org
       2  "ewsnead" <········@comcast.net>
       2  Lex Spoon <···@cc.gatech.edu>
       2  David Combs <·······@panix.com>
       1  Hrvoje Blazevic <······@despammed.com>
       1  Henna <··················@See.Comment.Header>
       1  Tayssir John Gabbour <···········@yahoo.com>
       1  "Neil W. Van Dyke" <····@neilvandyke.org>
       1  Michael Hudson <···@python.net>