From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <2qia3hF105pr8U2@uni-berlin.de>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 05 Sep 2004 06:56:12 GMT and ending at
12 Sep 2004 05:44:11 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:  137
Articles: 415 (221 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  47
Volume generated: 1075.4 kb
    - headers:    433.2 kb (7,311 lines)
    - bodies:     613.4 kb (15,337 lines)
    - original:   330.8 kb (9,401 lines)
    - signatures: 28.4 kb (706 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.539

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 3.0
    median: 2 posts
    mode:   1 post - 62 posters
    s:      3.8 posts
Posts per thread: 8.8
    median: 3 posts
    mode:   1 post - 19 threads
    s:      22.8 posts
Message size: 2653.4 bytes
    - header:     1068.9 bytes (17.6 lines)
    - body:       1513.5 bytes (37.0 lines)
    - original:   816.3 bytes (22.7 lines)
    - signature:  70.1 bytes (1.7 lines)

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

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

   21    50.0 ( 22.1/ 25.4/ 14.2)  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
   19    38.0 ( 19.8/ 16.9/ 10.2)  "John Thingstad" <··············@chello.no>
   18    56.9 ( 18.4/ 38.5/ 12.0)  ·········@aol.com
   16    61.1 ( 16.9/ 44.3/ 14.2)  Morten Reistad <·········@lastname.pr1v.n0>
   15    30.8 ( 11.8/ 15.7/  6.9)  Pascal Bourguignon <····@mouse-potato.com>
   13    27.3 ( 13.1/ 12.7/  6.6)  Vassil Nikolov <········@poboxes.com>
   12    27.6 ( 14.1/ 12.7/  3.9)  ········@spamcop.net
   11    47.6 ( 17.3/ 29.7/ 24.8)  Anne & Lynn Wheeler <····@garlic.com>
   10    30.3 (  9.8/ 17.1/  7.1)  Joe Knapka <·······@kneuro.net>
    9    24.0 (  7.9/ 15.6/  7.8)  "Coby Beck" <·····@mercury.bc.ca>

These posters accounted for 34.7% of all articles.

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

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

  61.1 ( 16.9/ 44.3/ 14.2)     16  Morten Reistad <·········@lastname.pr1v.n0>
  56.9 ( 18.4/ 38.5/ 12.0)     18  ·········@aol.com
  50.0 ( 22.1/ 25.4/ 14.2)     21  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
  47.6 ( 17.3/ 29.7/ 24.8)     11  Anne & Lynn Wheeler <····@garlic.com>
  41.0 (  1.1/ 40.0/  0.0)      1  matt parker <··········@wolke7.net>
  38.0 ( 19.8/ 16.9/ 10.2)     19  "John Thingstad" <··············@chello.no>
  35.9 (  3.9/ 32.0/ 30.5)      4  Joel Ray Holveck <·····@juniper.net>
  30.8 ( 11.8/ 15.7/  6.9)     15  Pascal Bourguignon <····@mouse-potato.com>
  30.3 (  9.8/ 17.1/  7.1)     10  Joe Knapka <·······@kneuro.net>
  27.6 ( 14.1/ 12.7/  3.9)     12  ········@spamcop.net

These posters accounted for 39.0% of the total volume.

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

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

0.834  ( 24.8 / 29.7)     11  Anne & Lynn Wheeler <····@garlic.com>
0.823  (  6.9 /  8.4)      5  David Steuber <·····@david-steuber.com>
0.725  (  5.8 /  8.0)      5  Ray Dillinger <····@sonic.net>
0.701  (  3.1 /  4.5)      6  Bruno Haible <·····@clisp.org>
0.635  (  8.6 / 13.5)      6  Chuck Dillon <····@nimblegen.com>
0.625  (  2.9 /  4.7)      5  Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
0.606  ( 10.2 / 16.9)     19  "John Thingstad" <··············@chello.no>
0.590  (  4.0 /  6.7)      6  George Neuner <·········@comcast.net>
0.560  ( 14.2 / 25.4)     21  Pascal Costanza <········@web.de>
0.532  (  4.3 /  8.1)      6  ··········@worldnet.att.net

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

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

0.491  (  7.2 / 14.8)      7  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
0.490  (  2.4 /  5.0)      5  Jon Boone <········@comcast.net>
0.485  (  1.1 /  2.3)      5  "Jeff" <···@nospam.insightbb.com>
0.437  (  6.9 / 15.7)     15  Pascal Bourguignon <····@mouse-potato.com>
0.416  (  7.1 / 17.1)     10  Joe Knapka <·······@kneuro.net>
0.362  (  2.8 /  7.7)      5  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
0.328  (  2.8 /  8.5)      6  ············@SystematicSW.ab.ca
0.321  ( 14.2 / 44.3)     16  Morten Reistad <·········@lastname.pr1v.n0>
0.311  ( 12.0 / 38.5)     18  ·········@aol.com
0.306  (  3.9 / 12.7)     12  ········@spamcop.net

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

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

  134  Xah Lee's Unixism
   68  Debugging Lisp code (stupid newbie question)
   37  lisp used in game creation?
   24  why does the mop handle default-initargs as persistent,
   16  How does LISP decide the order to evaluate consecutive statements?
   10  Newbie RFC: A utility macro
   10  Some macro character questions
   10  Writing a Text Editor in Lisp
    9  benchmark program
    8  Job on maxing Simplex in LISP

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

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

 389.9 (167.4/214.8/104.8)    134  Xah Lee's Unixism
 185.3 ( 64.5/113.2/ 73.7)     68  Debugging Lisp code (stupid newbie question)
  78.5 ( 36.1/ 39.3/ 23.0)     37  lisp used in game creation?
  64.4 ( 26.1/ 36.4/ 19.8)     24  why does the mop handle default-initargs as persistent,
  41.0 (  1.1/ 40.0/  0.0)      1  > > > > matt parker alias erickvon ··········@yahoo.com matt parker alias ···············@yahoo.com matt parker alias erickvon lindt ····@yahoo.com matt parker alias ···········@yahoo.com matt parker alias eric vanlindt ······@yahoo.com matt parker a
  38.7 ( 17.0/ 20.5/ 12.7)     16  How does LISP decide the order to evaluate consecutive statements?
  23.9 (  7.7/ 15.2/ 11.4)     10  Writing a Text Editor in Lisp
  22.9 (  9.3/ 12.6/  5.9)     10  Newbie RFC: A utility macro
  17.7 (  6.5/ 10.8/  5.5)      8  appropriate use of eval?
  17.4 (  7.3/  9.6/  6.1)      9  benchmark program

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

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

0.782  (  1.8/   2.3)      3  embedded systems
0.748  ( 11.4/  15.2)     10  Writing a Text Editor in Lisp
0.718  (  5.6/   7.9)      4  Lisp on windows
0.708  (  0.8/   1.1)      4  CLISP for DOS/Windows
0.680  (  2.6/   3.8)      8  Job on maxing Simplex in LISP
0.662  (  1.7/   2.6)      3  hyperspec-addon.el 1.6 --- Add additional entries to CL HyperSpec lookup table
0.651  ( 73.7/ 113.2)     68  Debugging Lisp code (stupid newbie question)
0.643  (  3.1/   4.8)      8  meaning of a dialet or implementation of a programming language
0.639  (  2.0/   3.1)      3  Making structures useable
0.637  (  2.8/   4.3)      6  How does LISP decide the order to evaluate consecutive
 statements?

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

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

0.550  (  1.2 /  2.3)      3  Toy noughts and crosses program in Common Lisp
0.547  (  1.5 /  2.8)      3  Papers by Howard Cannon
0.545  ( 19.8 / 36.4)     24  why does the mop handle default-initargs as persistent,
0.543  (  4.6 /  8.4)     10  Some macro character questions
0.538  (  0.7 /  1.3)      4  Martin Fowler mentions Lisp...
0.537  (  5.5 / 10.3)      6  Flavors features in CLOS
0.505  (  5.5 / 10.8)      8  appropriate use of eval?
0.488  (104.8 /214.8)    134  Xah Lee's Unixism
0.464  (  5.9 / 12.6)     10  Newbie RFC: A utility macro
0.290  (  0.6 /  2.2)      3  Looking for a CL "web scraper"

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

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

     135  comp.lang.python
     135  comp.lang.perl.misc
     135  comp.unix.programmer
     135  alt.folklore.computers
       4  gnu.emacs.sources
       2  comp.lang.scheme
       1  comp.lang.functional
       1  alt.business.insurance
       1  comp.lang.lisp.x
       1  gnu.misc.discuss

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

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

      72  ·········@aol.com
      64  Morten Reistad <·········@lastname.pr1v.n0>
      48  ········@spamcop.net
      44  Anne & Lynn Wheeler <····@garlic.com>
      24  Chuck Dillon <····@nimblegen.com>
      24  ··········@worldnet.att.net
      24  ············@SystematicSW.ab.ca
      20  "John Thingstad" <··············@chello.no>
      16  "Jack Peacock" <·······@simconv.com>
      16  Reynir Stef�nsson <········@mi.is>