From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <2gohdmF51iu9U2@uni-berlin.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 09 May 2004 06:41:21 GMT and ending at
16 May 2004 05:45:46 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:  151
Articles: 652 (251 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  62
Volume generated: 1559.1 kb
    - headers:    697.8 kb (11,708 lines)
    - bodies:     821.4 kb (21,697 lines)
    - original:   455.8 kb (12,957 lines)
    - signatures: 39.3 kb (866 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.555

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 4.3
    median: 2 posts
    mode:   1 post - 66 posters
    s:      6.8 posts
Posts per thread: 10.5
    median: 4.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 19 threads
    s:      24.9 posts
Message size: 2448.6 bytes
    - header:     1095.9 bytes (18.0 lines)
    - body:       1290.0 bytes (33.3 lines)
    - original:   715.8 bytes (19.9 lines)
    - signature:  61.7 bytes (1.3 lines)

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

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

   56   127.6 ( 58.0/ 69.5/ 19.5)  Ari Johnson <·····@hotmail.com>
   30    72.8 ( 34.4/ 36.3/ 22.6)  David Steuber <·····@david-steuber.com>
   28    54.1 ( 25.8/ 28.3/  8.1)  Svein Ove Aas <··············@brage.info>
   27    72.7 ( 27.3/ 33.5/ 15.0)  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
   19    45.8 ( 21.1/ 22.0/ 11.9)  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
   18    50.1 ( 23.9/ 26.2/  9.7)  mikel <·····@evins.net>
   18    53.7 ( 24.6/ 25.6/ 13.1)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
   17    36.1 ( 19.2/ 16.9/  8.7)  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
   16    30.5 ( 15.3/ 15.2/ 10.3)  Jacek Generowicz <················@cern.ch>
   14    24.8 ( 11.9/ 12.9/  8.5)  ···@agharta.de

These posters accounted for 37.3% of all articles.

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

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

 127.6 ( 58.0/ 69.5/ 19.5)     56  Ari Johnson <·····@hotmail.com>
  72.8 ( 34.4/ 36.3/ 22.6)     30  David Steuber <·····@david-steuber.com>
  72.7 ( 27.3/ 33.5/ 15.0)     27  Thomas F. Burdick <···@famine.OCF.Berkeley.EDU>
  54.1 ( 25.8/ 28.3/  8.1)     28  Svein Ove Aas <··············@brage.info>
  53.7 ( 24.6/ 25.6/ 13.1)     18  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
  50.1 ( 23.9/ 26.2/  9.7)     18  mikel <·····@evins.net>
  45.8 ( 21.1/ 22.0/ 11.9)     19  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
  43.5 ( 16.2/ 25.7/ 12.7)     12  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
  37.6 ( 15.5/ 22.1/ 13.3)     11  Erann Gat <·········@flownet.com>
  36.1 ( 19.2/ 16.9/  8.7)     17  Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>

These posters accounted for 38.1% of the total volume.

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

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

0.876  (  4.4 /  5.1)      5  Tim Bradshaw <··········@tfeb.org>
0.856  (  7.7 /  9.0)      8  ·······@ancar.org
0.806  (  5.2 /  6.4)      6  Daniel Barlow <···@telent.net>
0.783  (  3.3 /  4.2)      5  "Steven E. Harris" <········@raytheon.com>
0.739  (  5.1 /  6.8)      8  ·········@random-state.net
0.697  (  8.4 / 12.0)      6  Thomas Schilling <······@yahoo.de>
0.693  (  3.8 /  5.4)      6  Cameron MacKinnon <··········@clearspot.net>
0.679  ( 10.3 / 15.2)     16  Jacek Generowicz <················@cern.ch>
0.660  (  8.5 / 12.9)     14  ···@agharta.de
0.626  (  1.7 /  2.6)      5  Alain Picard <············@memetrics.com>

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

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

0.417  (  4.1 /  9.7)      9  "John Thingstad" <··············@chello.no>
0.416  (  3.5 /  8.3)      7  Friedrich Dominicus <···················@q-software-solutions.de>
0.411  (  4.3 / 10.4)     11  Christopher C. Stacy <······@news.dtpq.com>
0.396  (  4.8 / 12.1)     10  ·····@davep.org
0.372  (  9.7 / 26.2)     18  mikel <·····@evins.net>
0.365  (  3.2 /  8.9)      5  Gareth McCaughan <················@pobox.com>
0.289  (  6.0 / 20.7)     12  ·······@cs.nyu.edu
0.287  (  8.1 / 28.3)     28  Svein Ove Aas <··············@brage.info>
0.280  ( 19.5 / 69.5)     56  Ari Johnson <·····@hotmail.com>
0.273  (  1.9 /  7.0)      7  Raymond Wiker <·············@fast.no>

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

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

  148  CLOS Properties Question
  109  Modernizing Common Lisp
   45  Socket Programming
   42  Copyright violation
   25  Yaaawwwwwwwnnnnnn [was Re: Modernizing Common Lisp}
   24  Need help with a decision!
   23  Closures: I'm not getting it
   22  how to do a lisp intro?
   14  How to install McClim?
   12  Practical Common Lisp -- yet more chapters

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

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

 319.0 (150.9/161.2/ 70.0)    148  CLOS Properties Question
 271.0 (133.3/131.2/ 77.8)    109  Modernizing Common Lisp
 123.7 ( 66.6/ 55.6/ 27.9)     42  Copyright violation
 110.9 ( 44.0/ 60.3/ 34.9)     45  Socket Programming
  70.1 ( 34.2/ 33.4/ 23.1)     25  Yaaawwwwwwwnnnnnn [was Re: Modernizing Common Lisp}
  57.2 ( 21.3/ 33.8/ 16.7)     22  how to do a lisp intro?
  50.8 ( 21.9/ 28.0/ 19.1)     24  Need help with a decision!
  45.8 ( 19.3/ 25.9/  9.1)     23  Closures: I'm not getting it
  44.0 ( 11.3/ 32.2/ 13.5)     10  LISPPA
  29.9 (  1.3/ 28.6/ 28.6)      2  Run this with A.I

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

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

0.786  (  7.9/  10.0)      4  Lisp in a Box
0.776  (  1.8/   2.3)      4  double blanks, triple blanks.....
0.731  (  1.2/   1.6)      5  Multiple dispatch
0.691  ( 23.1/  33.4)     25  Yaaawwwwwwwnnnnnn [was Re: Modernizing Common Lisp}
0.681  ( 19.1/  28.0)     24  Need help with a decision!
0.645  (  2.7/   4.1)      6  _Lisp Lore_ by Bromley/Lamson
0.630  (  1.9/   3.0)      4  Binary IO question
0.612  (  2.1/   3.4)      6  Integrating ASDF with other system definition facilities
0.604  ( 13.4/  22.2)      7  Is anything easier to do in java than in lisp?
0.593  ( 77.8/ 131.2)    109  Modernizing Common Lisp

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

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

0.480  (  6.3 / 13.1)     14  How to install McClim?
0.477  (  6.1 / 12.8)     11  Update to my Lisp on OS X page
0.469  (  2.6 /  5.6)      4  Another book
0.439  (  5.7 / 13.0)     10  MCL on OS X newline hack
0.434  ( 70.0 /161.2)    148  CLOS Properties Question
0.424  (  1.2 /  2.8)      4  is anyone using CL-SQL on CMUCL?
0.420  ( 13.5 / 32.2)     10  LISPPA
0.413  (  1.7 /  4.2)      4  Lisp networking/threading/io/GUI/webbing
0.381  (  4.3 / 11.3)      9  Lisp.app
0.353  (  9.1 / 25.9)     23  Closures: I'm not getting it

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

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

      24  comp.lang.scheme
       5  comp.ai
       4  sci.math.symbolic
       2  comp.lang.java
       1  comp.lang.functional
       1  alt.religion.emacs
       1  gnu.emacs.help

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

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

       3  ·········@lxny.org
       2  OCID <···········@yahoo.com>
       2  Richard Fateman <········@sbcglobal.net>
       2  "John Thingstad" <··············@chello.no>
       2  "Nameless" <········@chello.no>
       2  Hartmann Schaffer <··@heaven.nirvananet>
       2  "Stijn De Saeger" <···@spammers.die>
       2  giorgio borghi <·············@libero.it>
       2  Philip Wadler <······@inf.ed.ac.uk>
       1  Tayssir John Gabbour <···········@yahoo.com>