From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <2mh3qdFm2cafU2@uni-berlin.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 18 Jul 2004 06:34:50 GMT and ending at
25 Jul 2004 03:15:40 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:  82
Articles: 241 (105 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  58
Volume generated: 556.0 kb
    - headers:    214.1 kb (4,214 lines)
    - bodies:     327.4 kb (9,529 lines)
    - original:   207.1 kb (6,433 lines)
    - signatures: 14.3 kb (368 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.633

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 2.9
    median: 2.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 31 posters
    s:      2.8 posts
Posts per thread: 4.2
    median: 3.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 14 threads
    s:      4.6 posts
Message size: 2362.4 bytes
    - header:     909.7 bytes (17.5 lines)
    - body:       1391.0 bytes (39.5 lines)
    - original:   880.0 bytes (26.7 lines)
    - signature:  60.7 bytes (1.5 lines)

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

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

   13    27.4 ( 12.2/ 13.6/  9.8)  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
   11    36.1 (  9.3/ 26.8/ 23.5)  Alan Crowe <····@cawtech.freeserve.co.uk>
   10    26.1 ( 10.8/ 14.0/  6.5)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
   10    21.9 (  9.1/ 12.7/  4.5)  Raspaud Martin <········@free.fr>
    9    33.2 ( 11.5/ 19.9/  9.9)  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
    8    15.0 (  6.6/  8.4/  7.1)  ·········@random-state.net
    8    17.4 (  5.9/ 11.5/  5.7)  Mark McConnell <···············@yahoo.com>
    7    17.0 (  6.9/  8.5/  5.4)  Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
    7    14.7 (  7.0/  7.0/  4.1)  Rahul Jain <·····@nyct.net>
    7    16.9 (  8.5/  7.6/  3.8)  Barry Margolin <······@alum.mit.edu>

These posters accounted for 37.3% of all articles.

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

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

  36.1 (  9.3/ 26.8/ 23.5)     11  Alan Crowe <····@cawtech.freeserve.co.uk>
  33.2 ( 11.5/ 19.9/  9.9)      9  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
  27.4 ( 12.2/ 13.6/  9.8)     13  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
  26.1 ( 10.8/ 14.0/  6.5)     10  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
  21.9 (  9.1/ 12.7/  4.5)     10  Raspaud Martin <········@free.fr>
  21.4 (  3.5/ 18.0/ 15.6)      5  ··········@YahooGroups.Com
  17.4 (  5.9/ 11.5/  5.7)      8  Mark McConnell <···············@yahoo.com>
  17.0 (  6.9/  8.5/  5.4)      7  Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
  16.9 (  8.5/  7.6/  3.8)      7  Barry Margolin <······@alum.mit.edu>
  15.0 (  6.6/  8.4/  7.1)      8  ·········@random-state.net

These posters accounted for 41.8% of the total volume.

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

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

0.877  ( 23.5 / 26.8)     11  Alan Crowe <····@cawtech.freeserve.co.uk>
0.871  ( 15.6 / 18.0)      5  ··········@YahooGroups.Com
0.843  (  7.1 /  8.4)      8  ·········@random-state.net
0.719  (  9.8 / 13.6)     13  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
0.636  (  5.4 /  8.5)      7  Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
0.600  (  3.8 /  6.3)      6  Peter Herth <·····@netcologne.de>
0.580  (  4.1 /  7.0)      7  Rahul Jain <·····@nyct.net>
0.507  (  3.8 /  7.6)      7  Barry Margolin <······@alum.mit.edu>
0.499  (  5.7 / 11.5)      8  Mark McConnell <···············@yahoo.com>
0.497  (  9.9 / 19.9)      9  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>

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

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

0.507  (  3.8 /  7.6)      7  Barry Margolin <······@alum.mit.edu>
0.499  (  5.7 / 11.5)      8  Mark McConnell <···············@yahoo.com>
0.497  (  9.9 / 19.9)      9  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
0.463  (  6.5 / 14.0)     10  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
0.456  (  3.6 /  7.9)      6  Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
0.446  (  2.0 /  4.5)      5  Jim Newton <·····@rdrop.com>
0.372  (  2.4 /  6.5)      6  ········@agharta.de
0.364  (  1.3 /  3.4)      5  Lowell Kirsh <······@cs.ubc.ca>
0.350  (  4.5 / 12.7)     10  Raspaud Martin <········@free.fr>
0.301  (  2.1 /  7.1)      5  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>

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

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

   13  LTk on Windows using CLisp
   13  change-class without losing mixins
   12  Finding a function at runtime
   11  cmucl compilation note
   10  Extent of definitions in environments (Was: First draft ...)
   10  Salaries for Lisp engineers
   10  Newbie-> How to prevent symbol clash- CLOS
    9  elisp macros problem
    8  Concatenating to a string
    8  Closures in Java (and Lisp, sort of)

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

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

  39.2 ( 12.3/ 26.1/ 15.0)     13  change-class without losing mixins
  34.9 ( 11.9/ 22.0/ 14.1)     10  Extent of definitions in environments (Was: First draft ...)
  30.1 ( 10.4/ 19.1/ 12.9)     12  Finding a function at runtime
  27.3 (  9.4/ 17.1/  9.4)     10  Newbie-> How to prevent symbol clash- CLOS
  25.2 ( 10.3/ 13.5/  5.8)     11  cmucl compilation note
  23.4 (  9.9/ 12.1/  5.6)     13  LTk on Windows using CLisp
  19.0 (  7.0/ 11.8/  7.8)      8  Closures in Java (and Lisp, sort of)
  18.6 (  6.0/ 11.7/ 10.2)      6  decode-float vs integer-decode-float
  18.6 (  3.9/ 14.6/ 13.2)      5  order of evaluation (newbie)
  17.8 (  7.2/ 10.3/  3.7)      7  my-defun

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

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

0.950  (  5.8/   6.1)      6  SB-BSD-SOCKETS problem
0.902  ( 13.2/  14.6)      5  order of evaluation (newbie)
0.866  ( 10.2/  11.7)      6  decode-float vs integer-decode-float
0.862  (  3.5/   4.1)      3  Adding extra arguments via the MOP
0.855  (  6.0/   7.0)      4  Loop problem
0.712  (  6.1/   8.6)      5  call by value
0.697  (  2.8/   4.0)      3  First draft of chapter 17 of Practical Common Lisp on web
0.676  ( 12.9/  19.1)     12  Finding a function at runtime
0.658  (  7.8/  11.8)      8  Closures in Java (and Lisp, sort of)
0.655  (  0.6/   0.9)      3  integer division

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

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

0.488  (  1.7 /  3.5)      6  Multiplatform audio library
0.483  (  0.9 /  1.9)      5  Terminating A LispWorks Evaluation
0.465  (  5.6 / 12.1)     13  LTk on Windows using CLisp
0.452  (  1.1 /  2.5)      4  code in hyperspec
0.448  (  0.9 /  2.0)      5  (:documentation ...) form
0.443  (  1.8 /  4.0)      3  call-next-method weirdness
0.432  (  5.8 / 13.5)     11  cmucl compilation note
0.367  (  0.9 /  2.3)      3  Lisp online courses
0.363  (  2.6 /  7.2)      9  elisp macros problem
0.361  (  3.7 / 10.3)      7  my-defun

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

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

       9  gnu.emacs.help
       2  comp.sys.super
       2  comp.lang.scheme
       1  comp.lang.functional

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

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

       4  Lowell Kirsh <······@cs.ubc.ca>
       3  David Kastrup <···@gnu.org>
       2  Noel Welsh <·········@yahoo.com>
       2  Barry Margolin <······@alum.mit.edu>
       1  Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
       1  Robert Bruce Carleton <···@hakuhale.net>
       1  Siegfried Gonzi <···············@kfunigraz.ac.at>
       0  Rodolphe Saugier <················@ircam.fr>
       0  Brian Downing <·············@lavos.net>
       0  Peter Herth <·····@netcologne.de>