From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <c4609s$2cnha1$2@ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 21 Mar 2004 07:17:36 GMT and ending at
28 Mar 2004 06:43:51 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:  192
Articles: 735 (316 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  81
Volume generated: 1831.7 kb
    - headers:    791.8 kb (13,235 lines)
    - bodies:     990.2 kb (26,198 lines)
    - original:   616.7 kb (17,434 lines)
    - signatures: 48.9 kb (1,229 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.623

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 3.8
    median: 2.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 80 posters
    s:      6.7 posts
Posts per thread: 9.1
    median: 4 posts
    mode:   1 post - 22 threads
    s:      15.4 posts
Message size: 2551.9 bytes
    - header:     1103.1 bytes (18.0 lines)
    - body:       1379.6 bytes (35.6 lines)
    - original:   859.3 bytes (23.7 lines)
    - signature:  68.1 bytes (1.7 lines)

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

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

   54   138.7 ( 67.6/ 61.5/ 32.9)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
   40   102.9 ( 47.0/ 49.1/ 39.0)  David Steuber <·············@verizon.net>
   25    64.8 ( 32.4/ 32.4/ 15.9)  =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Thieme?= <······································@justmail.de>
   24    50.7 ( 22.0/ 22.9/ 10.2)  Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
   22    36.8 ( 18.4/ 18.4/ 13.2)  Tim Bradshaw <··········@tfeb.org>
   20    45.4 ( 22.2/ 20.5/ 13.2)  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
   17    46.3 ( 21.5/ 24.7/ 19.9)  Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
   16    39.3 ( 16.2/ 19.3/ 12.9)  "Brandon J. Van Every" <·····························@yahoo.com>
   15    47.1 ( 21.4/ 25.2/ 20.7)  Cameron MacKinnon <··········@clearspot.net>
   14    34.2 ( 17.3/ 16.8/  9.7)  Joe Marshall <·············@comcast.net>

These posters accounted for 33.6% of all articles.

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

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

 138.7 ( 67.6/ 61.5/ 32.9)     54  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
 102.9 ( 47.0/ 49.1/ 39.0)     40  David Steuber <·············@verizon.net>
  64.8 ( 32.4/ 32.4/ 15.9)     25  =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Thieme?= <······································@justmail.de>
  50.7 ( 22.0/ 22.9/ 10.2)     24  Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
  47.1 ( 21.4/ 25.2/ 20.7)     15  Cameron MacKinnon <··········@clearspot.net>
  46.9 ( 12.9/ 34.0/  9.9)     10  Marc Spitzer <········@optonline.net>
  46.3 ( 21.5/ 24.7/ 19.9)     17  Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
  45.4 ( 22.2/ 20.5/ 13.2)     20  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
  39.3 ( 16.2/ 19.3/ 12.9)     16  "Brandon J. Van Every" <·····························@yahoo.com>
  36.8 ( 18.4/ 18.4/ 13.2)     22  Tim Bradshaw <··········@tfeb.org>

These posters accounted for 33.8% of the total volume.

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

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

0.883  ( 17.2 / 19.5)     10  Pete Kirkham <·················@cafemosaic.co.uk>
0.873  (  5.5 /  6.3)      5  Conrad Barski <·····················@yahoo.com>
0.824  (  6.2 /  7.5)      5  Christophe Rhodes <·····@cam.ac.uk>
0.823  ( 20.7 / 25.2)     15  Cameron MacKinnon <··········@clearspot.net>
0.806  ( 19.9 / 24.7)     17  Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
0.795  ( 39.0 / 49.1)     40  David Steuber <·············@verizon.net>
0.772  (  3.4 /  4.4)      5  Daniel Barlow <···@telent.net>
0.771  (  6.7 /  8.8)     10  ·········@random-state.net
0.729  (  8.1 / 11.1)      5  Sashank Varma <····@vanderbilt.edu>
0.728  (  1.5 /  2.1)      5  Paolo Amoroso <·······@mclink.it>

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

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

0.500  (  3.6 /  7.2)      9  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
0.491  ( 15.9 / 32.4)     25  =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Thieme?= <······································@justmail.de>
0.470  (  6.9 / 14.6)     13  ···@agharta.de
0.453  (  3.4 /  7.6)      6  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
0.450  (  2.7 /  6.0)     10  Jacek Generowicz <················@cern.ch>
0.445  ( 10.2 / 22.9)     24  Pascal Bourguignon <····@thalassa.informatimago.com>
0.422  (  6.4 / 15.1)     11  Erann Gat <·········@jpl.nasa.gov>
0.290  (  9.9 / 34.0)     10  Marc Spitzer <········@optonline.net>
0.213  (  1.6 /  7.6)      5  Rainer Joswig <······@lispmachine.de>
0.177  (  2.0 / 11.3)      6  ·······@cs.nyu.edu

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

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

   65  What would you do with 10 Man Years?
   57  The LOOP macro
   48  CLOS and databases
   40  SETQ vs SETF
   36  Code Feedback Wanted (Generating more garbage)
   36  [Off topic] Gay marriage
   32  Python development tools
   31  CMUCL for Windows - how much $$$ ?
   31  Postdoc position in program development, analysis and transformation
   24  Ye Old Time Sharing System

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

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

 171.8 ( 77.3/ 91.8/ 50.3)     57  The LOOP macro
 157.8 ( 60.3/ 91.4/ 65.5)     65  What would you do with 10 Man Years?
 145.0 ( 53.8/ 89.0/ 63.2)     48  CLOS and databases
 121.5 ( 49.3/ 70.7/ 38.2)     36  [Off topic] Gay marriage
 104.0 ( 39.4/ 59.8/ 40.7)     36  Code Feedback Wanted (Generating more garbage)
  80.7 ( 39.1/ 39.7/ 21.4)     40  SETQ vs SETF
  78.5 ( 19.4/ 59.0/ 25.8)     14  Postdoc position in program development, analysis and
 transformation
  73.8 ( 39.7/ 32.0/ 17.4)     31  Postdoc position in program development, analysis and transformation
  71.9 ( 33.7/ 36.0/ 22.7)     31  CMUCL for Windows - how much $$$ ?
  56.9 ( 26.5/ 28.6/ 20.3)     24  Ye Old Time Sharing System

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

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

0.851  (  2.8/   3.3)      3  Read macros for user interface --- asking for advice
0.845  (  4.2/   4.9)      5  [ANN] TypeL 0.1 -- extension of Common Lisp with strong typing
0.788  (  3.9/   5.0)      6  Java Is A Dynamic Language? [was Re: CLOS and databases]
0.747  (  2.1/   2.8)      3  Your favorite Lisp on Debian?
0.742  ( 20.7/  27.9)     18  An Arc Tangent
0.732  (  1.6/   2.2)      3  Java Is A Dynamic Language?
0.718  (  2.6/   3.7)      4  Postdoc position in program development, analysis and   transformation
0.716  ( 65.5/  91.4)     65  What would you do with 10 Man Years?
0.710  ( 63.2/  89.0)     48  CLOS and databases
0.708  ( 20.3/  28.6)     24  Ye Old Time Sharing System

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

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

0.510  (  0.9 /  1.8)      4  PHP (was: MACROS : now i see the power !)
0.505  (  1.0 /  2.1)      3  SBCL FFI consing like crazy
0.492  (  2.8 /  5.6)      7  Who Killed Whom? [was Re: CLOS and databases]
0.488  (  3.0 /  6.2)      8  Who Killed Whom?
0.451  (  0.7 /  1.6)      4  Prefix maths in Tcl
0.438  ( 25.8 / 59.0)     14  Postdoc position in program development, analysis and
 transformation
0.382  (  2.1 /  5.5)      4  All your fullbacks are belong to us [was Re: Who Killed Whom?]
0.356  (  1.6 /  4.4)      5  large 3D projects in Lisp?
0.278  (  0.5 /  1.8)      3  Lisp and Gaming (was Re: Lua (was Re: What would you do with 10 Man Years?))
0.147  (  0.3 /  2.3)      3  Business Opportunities for SF Bay Lispers?

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

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

      70  comp.lang.scheme
      59  comp.lang.functional
      57  comp.lang.misc
      56  comp.lang.java
      36  comp.lang.prolog
      20  comp.os.linux.advocacy
       6  alt.religion.scientology
       6  misc.education
       5  alt.bible
       4  comp.lang.c

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

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

      34  Marc Spitzer <········@optonline.net>
      21  Richard C. Cobbe <·····@ccs.neu.edu>
      15  Yoyoma_2 <········@[at-]Hotmail.com>
      12  Mike Cox <············@yahoo.com>
      12  "Milo T." <···········@malaprop.net>
      10  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
      10  "Daniel C. Wang" <·········@hotmail.com>
      10  Johan <········@SPAM.ccs.neu.PLEASE.edu>
      10  =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Thieme?= <······································@justmail.de>
       8  Barbara Schwarz <···················@emailaccount.com>