From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <2jkqhbF12dgorU2@uni-berlin.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 13 Jun 2004 06:52:36 GMT and ending at
20 Jun 2004 05:36:10 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:  125
Articles: 402 (152 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  49
Volume generated: 919.0 kb
    - headers:    386.2 kb (7,222 lines)
    - bodies:     510.7 kb (14,252 lines)
    - original:   300.7 kb (9,183 lines)
    - signatures: 21.8 kb (560 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.589

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 3.2
    median: 2 posts
    mode:   1 post - 58 posters
    s:      4.2 posts
Posts per thread: 8.2
    median: 3 posts
    mode:   1 post - 17 threads
    s:      13.7 posts
Message size: 2341.0 bytes
    - header:     983.6 bytes (18.0 lines)
    - body:       1300.8 bytes (35.5 lines)
    - original:   765.9 bytes (22.8 lines)
    - signature:  55.6 bytes (1.4 lines)

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

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

   29    60.9 ( 28.3/ 32.6/ 14.8)  =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Thieme?= <······························@justmail.de>
   27    83.5 ( 30.2/ 47.1/ 16.3)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
   15    30.0 ( 17.5/ 12.4/  7.4)  "Padu" <····@merlotti.com>
   14    35.6 ( 17.1/ 18.5/ 13.6)  Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
   12    29.4 ( 14.8/ 13.0/  4.7)  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
   10    23.2 (  7.7/ 15.1/ 10.9)  Brian Downing <·············@lavos.net>
    9    26.7 (  9.0/ 17.6/ 15.2)  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
    9    19.8 (  6.8/ 11.2/  4.9)  Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
    9    20.3 (  8.8/ 11.5/  7.2)  Dmitry Kim <·····@redline.ru>
    9    12.0 (  7.8/  4.1/  2.6)  Tim Bradshaw <··········@tfeb.org>

These posters accounted for 35.6% of all articles.

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

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

  83.5 ( 30.2/ 47.1/ 16.3)     27  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
  60.9 ( 28.3/ 32.6/ 14.8)     29  =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Thieme?= <······························@justmail.de>
  35.6 ( 17.1/ 18.5/ 13.6)     14  Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
  32.2 (  7.6/ 24.6/ 18.6)      8  Joe Marshall <·············@comcast.net>
  30.0 ( 17.5/ 12.4/  7.4)     15  "Padu" <····@merlotti.com>
  29.4 ( 14.8/ 13.0/  4.7)     12  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
  26.7 (  9.0/ 17.6/ 15.2)      9  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
  23.2 (  7.7/ 15.1/ 10.9)     10  Brian Downing <·············@lavos.net>
  20.3 (  8.8/ 11.5/  7.2)      9  Dmitry Kim <·····@redline.ru>
  19.8 (  6.8/ 11.2/  4.9)      9  Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>

These posters accounted for 39.3% of the total volume.

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

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

0.863  ( 15.2 / 17.6)      9  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
0.806  (  9.5 / 11.8)      7  Luke Gorrie <····@bluetail.com>
0.803  (  8.9 / 11.1)      5  David Steuber <·····@david-steuber.com>
0.759  ( 18.6 / 24.6)      8  Joe Marshall <·············@comcast.net>
0.738  ( 13.6 / 18.5)     14  Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
0.720  ( 10.9 / 15.1)     10  Brian Downing <·············@lavos.net>
0.689  (  2.2 /  3.2)      6  Espen Vestre <·····@*do-not-spam-me*.vestre.net>
0.667  (  6.4 /  9.6)      5  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
0.630  (  2.6 /  4.1)      9  Tim Bradshaw <··········@tfeb.org>
0.628  (  7.0 / 11.2)      8  Christopher C. Stacy <······@news.dtpq.com>

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

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

0.502  (  1.9 /  3.7)      5  Barry Margolin <······@alum.mit.edu>
0.456  ( 14.8 / 32.6)     29  =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Thieme?= <······························@justmail.de>
0.444  (  5.7 / 12.8)      5  Dave Roberts <·············@re-move.droberts.com>
0.442  (  4.9 / 11.2)      9  Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
0.422  (  3.9 /  9.3)      5  Alex Drummond <··········@ucl.ac.uk>
0.406  (  4.0 /  9.8)      7  Peter Herth <·····@netcologne.de>
0.362  (  4.7 / 13.0)     12  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
0.346  ( 16.3 / 47.1)     27  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
0.337  (  3.9 / 11.4)      5  =?iso-8859-1?q?Aur=E9lien_Camp=E9as?= <···········@wanadoo.fr>
0.275  (  1.3 /  4.8)      6  Gareth McCaughan <················@pobox.com>

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

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

   65  I wish I'd never met Lisp
   41  Lisp vs. Java vs. C++ speed comparison time?
   34  Beginner question
   29  New CLOS chapters for Practical Common Lisp
   25  Is anything easier to do in java than in lisp?
   22  Was not making tail recursion elmination a mistake?
   22  Fundamentals of Lisp efficiency?
   16  Position of lists within lists
   14  Mutable reference to a structure field
   12  combination of applications

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

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

 139.0 ( 60.7/ 74.1/ 42.4)     65  I wish I'd never met Lisp
 129.8 ( 40.9/ 87.3/ 51.3)     41  Lisp vs. Java vs. C++ speed comparison time?
  65.9 ( 23.0/ 42.1/ 25.0)     22  Was not making tail recursion elmination a mistake?
  63.6 ( 31.5/ 30.1/ 13.6)     29  New CLOS chapters for Practical Common Lisp
  62.5 ( 33.7/ 26.9/ 14.3)     34  Beginner question
  60.2 ( 24.2/ 35.0/ 23.4)     25  Is anything easier to do in java than in lisp?
  59.5 ( 21.5/ 36.5/ 20.2)     22  Fundamentals of Lisp efficiency?
  37.1 ( 12.6/ 23.5/ 10.6)     14  Mutable reference to a structure field
  30.6 ( 16.2/ 13.9/  7.4)     16  Position of lists within lists
  24.6 ( 14.1/ 10.3/  5.0)     12  Is it feasible to use Lisp to write an OS?

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

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

0.881  (  2.2/   2.5)      3  ECL now produces and loads DLLs under Windows
0.755  (  5.5/   7.3)      7  1st European Lisp and Scheme Workshop: any info or comments?
0.707  (  3.2/   4.6)      3  Q: to a simple macro
0.672  (  8.1/  12.0)     12  combination of applications
0.669  ( 23.4/  35.0)     25  Is anything easier to do in java than in lisp?
0.655  (  4.8/   7.4)      7  Oh my god!
0.648  (  6.3/   9.7)      8  Ufasoft Common Lisp 3.2.7 released (for Win32):
0.642  (  6.8/  10.6)      8  Why I'm giving up on Lisp for now
0.600  (  1.4/   2.3)      5  SLIME INTERACTION
0.595  ( 25.0/  42.1)     22  Was not making tail recursion elmination a mistake?

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

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

0.544  (  7.0 / 12.9)      5  A Succinctness Challenge
0.532  (  7.4 / 13.9)     16  Position of lists within lists
0.531  ( 14.3 / 26.9)     34  Beginner question
0.524  (  2.7 /  5.2)      7  Lisp being used for microprocessor development
0.492  (  5.0 / 10.3)     12  Is it feasible to use Lisp to write an OS?
0.452  ( 10.6 / 23.5)     14  Mutable reference to a structure field
0.452  ( 13.6 / 30.1)     29  New CLOS chapters for Practical Common Lisp
0.434  (  3.2 /  7.3)      5  [ANN] Ltk - The Lisp Toolkit
0.386  (  0.8 /  2.0)      3  [Ann] SF Bay Lispniks lunch meeting Sunday 6/13
0.339  (  0.7 /  2.1)      5  Code formatting question

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

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

      24  comp.lang.java
       5  comp.lang.scheme
       1  comp.lang.functional
       1  alt.religion.emacs
       1  gnu.emacs.help
       1  comp.databases.theory
       1  misc.writing.screenplays
       1  comp.text
       1  comp.databases.ms-sqlserver

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

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

       4  . <······@animail.net>
       4  Oliver Plohmann <······@plohmann.com>
       3  ··········@YahooGroups.Com
       3  ·········@lxny.org
       2  =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Thieme?= <······························@justmail.de>
       2  Noel Welsh <·········@yahoo.com>
       2  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
       2  William Bland <·······@abstractnonsense.com>
       1  Hannah Schroeter <······@schlund.de>
       1  Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>