From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <2ift9gFj6vftU2@uni-berlin.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 30 May 2004 06:04:38 GMT and ending at
06 Jun 2004 04:51:10 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:  118
Articles: 423 (207 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  58
Volume generated: 980.9 kb
    - headers:    410.7 kb (7,418 lines)
    - bodies:     542.1 kb (14,332 lines)
    - original:   333.2 kb (9,597 lines)
    - signatures: 27.7 kb (768 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.615

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 3.6
    median: 2.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 49 posters
    s:      4.9 posts
Posts per thread: 7.3
    median: 2.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 18 threads
    s:      10.4 posts
Message size: 2374.6 bytes
    - header:     994.3 bytes (17.5 lines)
    - body:       1312.3 bytes (33.9 lines)
    - original:   806.6 bytes (22.7 lines)
    - signature:  67.0 bytes (1.8 lines)

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

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

   38    74.1 ( 40.7/ 30.1/ 16.6)  Rahul Jain <·····@nyct.net>
   25    73.5 ( 27.4/ 44.1/ 27.8)  David Steuber <·····@david-steuber.com>
   16    66.1 ( 17.1/ 45.1/ 32.5)  Joe Marshall <·············@comcast.net>
   14    31.8 (  9.5/ 20.3/ 13.0)  Alexander Burger <···@software-lab.de>
   13    27.0 ( 13.9/ 11.0/  5.7)  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
   12    25.1 ( 10.8/ 14.3/  7.3)  Erann Gat <·········@flownet.com>
   11    31.5 ( 13.3/ 18.2/  5.1)  Ari Johnson <·····@hotmail.com>
   11    25.3 ( 13.1/ 11.0/  4.7)  Barry Margolin <······@alum.mit.edu>
   10    26.4 ( 12.1/ 14.2/ 10.8)  Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
   10    18.6 ( 10.0/  8.6/  4.4)  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>

These posters accounted for 37.8% of all articles.

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

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

  74.1 ( 40.7/ 30.1/ 16.6)     38  Rahul Jain <·····@nyct.net>
  73.5 ( 27.4/ 44.1/ 27.8)     25  David Steuber <·····@david-steuber.com>
  66.1 ( 17.1/ 45.1/ 32.5)     16  Joe Marshall <·············@comcast.net>
  31.8 (  9.5/ 20.3/ 13.0)     14  Alexander Burger <···@software-lab.de>
  31.5 ( 13.3/ 18.2/  5.1)     11  Ari Johnson <·····@hotmail.com>
  27.0 ( 13.9/ 11.0/  5.7)     13  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
  26.4 ( 12.1/ 14.2/ 10.8)     10  Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
  25.3 ( 13.1/ 11.0/  4.7)     11  Barry Margolin <······@alum.mit.edu>
  25.1 ( 10.8/ 14.3/  7.3)     12  Erann Gat <·········@flownet.com>
  23.5 (  5.8/ 17.7/ 11.1)      6  Jacek Generowicz <················@cern.ch>

These posters accounted for 41.2% of the total volume.

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

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

0.941  ( 10.9 / 11.6)      6  ··················@kazmier.com
0.895  ( 15.5 / 17.3)      5  Marco Baringer <··@bese.it>
0.757  ( 10.8 / 14.2)     10  Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
0.723  (  5.3 /  7.3)      8  Tim Bradshaw <··········@tfeb.org>
0.720  ( 32.5 / 45.1)     16  Joe Marshall <·············@comcast.net>
0.643  (  5.1 /  8.0)      7  "Karl A. Krueger" <········@example.edu>
0.639  ( 13.0 / 20.3)     14  Alexander Burger <···@software-lab.de>
0.630  ( 27.8 / 44.1)     25  David Steuber <·····@david-steuber.com>
0.627  ( 11.1 / 17.7)      6  Jacek Generowicz <················@cern.ch>
0.605  (  4.8 /  8.0)      6  Alexander Schmolck <··········@gmx.net>

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

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

0.510  (  7.3 / 14.3)     12  Erann Gat <·········@flownet.com>
0.503  (  3.2 /  6.4)     10  ···@agharta.de
0.466  (  2.5 /  5.3)      6  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
0.434  (  6.4 / 14.7)      7  "Marc Battyani" <·············@fractalconcept.com>
0.433  (  4.7 / 11.0)     11  Barry Margolin <······@alum.mit.edu>
0.414  (  2.7 /  6.4)      6  Christopher C. Stacy <······@news.dtpq.com>
0.398  (  1.0 /  2.4)      5  Julian Stecklina <··········@web.de>
0.389  (  1.3 /  3.4)      6  charlieb <··@privacy.net>
0.326  (  1.7 /  5.2)      9  Svein Ove Aas <··············@brage.info>
0.282  (  5.1 / 18.2)     11  Ari Johnson <·····@hotmail.com>

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

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

   50  Implementation of LET with special variables
   40  Haskell: functional languages vs Lisp
   33  A Succinctness Challenge
   28  Take care of CLikis
   25  Generators in Lisp
   22  Dredging up patterns
   20  Macro concern and advice wanted
   17  making Lisp faster by giving it 40 more bits
   17  Socket Programming
   15  Problem with recursive function and &rest

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

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

 114.6 ( 57.7/ 55.0/ 24.4)     50  Implementation of LET with special variables
  88.0 ( 37.9/ 48.1/ 28.7)     40  Haskell: functional languages vs Lisp
  86.3 ( 28.0/ 55.4/ 36.1)     33  A Succinctness Challenge
  80.8 ( 22.9/ 52.8/ 41.9)     25  Generators in Lisp
  63.9 ( 26.6/ 36.3/ 20.3)     17  Socket Programming
  63.8 ( 23.8/ 39.1/ 21.8)     22  Dredging up patterns
  53.3 ( 20.9/ 31.0/ 21.6)     20  Macro concern and advice wanted
  51.4 ( 24.0/ 25.1/ 13.2)     28  Take care of CLikis
  42.4 ( 17.4/ 24.1/ 12.3)     17  making Lisp faster by giving it 40 more bits
  28.0 (  7.6/ 20.3/ 11.1)      9  Is anything easier to do in java than in lisp?

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

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

0.834  (  2.0/   2.4)      3  Evaluating a list programmatically
0.793  ( 41.9/  52.8)     25  Generators in Lisp
0.788  (  0.8/   1.0)      3  CMUCL multiprocessing
0.774  (  1.8/   2.3)      3  The Yabos of Lisp IRC
0.696  ( 21.6/  31.0)     20  Macro concern and advice wanted
0.694  (  1.0/   1.5)      4  circular lisp
0.671  (  9.7/  14.5)     11  possible reason for low popularity
0.662  (  1.5/   2.3)      3  Another wheel with nice pointy corners
0.652  ( 36.1/  55.4)     33  A Succinctness Challenge
0.649  (  5.6/   8.6)      6  Code coverage

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

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

0.555  (  2.5 /  4.6)      9  clsql problem
0.546  ( 11.1 / 20.3)      9  Is anything easier to do in java than in lisp?
0.526  ( 13.2 / 25.1)     28  Take care of CLikis
0.512  ( 12.3 / 24.1)     17  making Lisp faster by giving it 40 more bits
0.497  (  5.0 / 10.0)     15  Problem with recursive function and &rest
0.494  (  1.0 /  1.9)      5  SLIME killed my computer!
0.477  (  1.7 /  3.5)      4  Need help with CMUCL and Debian
0.466  (  2.7 /  5.8)      8  Lisp
0.444  ( 24.4 / 55.0)     50  Implementation of LET with special variables
0.399  (  2.6 /  6.6)     13  Lisp boids to play with.

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

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

       6  comp.lang.java
       4  cis.course.cis45931
       1  comp.lang.scheme

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

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

       3  ··········@YahooGroups.Com
       1  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
       1  "Alex Kay" <···@spam.not>
       1  Thor Kristoffersen <····@nr.no>
       1  "Paul Betts" <···············@cis.ohio-state.edu>
       1  =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Thieme?= <······························@justmail.de>
       1  ···@agharta.de
       1  Matthias <··@spam.pls>
       1  andy <·······@cis.ohio-state.edu>
       0  Hannah Schroeter <······@schlund.de>