From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <34c67eF46enb0U2@individual.net>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 02 Jan 2005 07:52:48 GMT and ending at
09 Jan 2005 06:15:16 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: 421 (173 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  66
Volume generated: 920.0 kb
    - headers:    436.0 kb (7,798 lines)
    - bodies:     461.5 kb (12,254 lines)
    - original:   294.9 kb (8,354 lines)
    - signatures: 22.0 kb (553 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.639

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 3.4
    median: 2 posts
    mode:   1 post - 56 posters
    s:      4.4 posts
Posts per thread: 6.4
    median: 4.0 posts
    mode:   1 post - 16 threads
    s:      8.3 posts
Message size: 2237.7 bytes
    - header:     1060.5 bytes (18.5 lines)
    - body:       1122.5 bytes (29.1 lines)
    - original:   717.2 bytes (19.8 lines)
    - signature:  53.6 bytes (1.3 lines)

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

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

   23    57.6 ( 27.6/ 26.9/ 14.6)  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
   16    40.5 ( 23.4/ 17.1/  9.7)  Cameron MacKinnon <··········@clearspot.net>
   13    29.8 ( 17.2/ 12.6/  7.2)  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
   12    33.7 ( 14.8/ 18.8/ 13.4)  Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
   11    22.5 ( 14.6/  6.8/  4.4)  Trent Buck <·········@tznvy.pbz>
   11    34.2 ( 13.5/ 18.4/  8.8)  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
   11    21.9 ( 11.7/  9.2/  4.3)  Rahul Jain <·····@nyct.net>
   11    24.1 ( 13.3/  9.5/  4.2)  Barry Margolin <······@alum.mit.edu>
   11    19.3 ( 10.1/  9.0/  8.0)  "Jeff M." <·······@gmail.com>
   10    19.3 ( 10.1/  9.2/  6.0)  Wade Humeniuk <····················@telus.net>

These posters accounted for 30.6% of all articles.

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

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

  57.6 ( 27.6/ 26.9/ 14.6)     23  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
  40.5 ( 23.4/ 17.1/  9.7)     16  Cameron MacKinnon <··········@clearspot.net>
  34.2 ( 13.5/ 18.4/  8.8)     11  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
  33.7 ( 14.8/ 18.8/ 13.4)     12  Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
  29.8 ( 17.2/ 12.6/  7.2)     13  Tim Bradshaw <···@cley.com>
  29.4 ( 11.5/ 16.8/  8.7)     10  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
  24.5 ( 13.5/ 11.0/  7.0)     10  "Steven M. Haflich" <·················@alum.mit.edu>
  24.1 ( 13.3/  9.5/  4.2)     11  Barry Margolin <······@alum.mit.edu>
  22.5 ( 14.6/  6.8/  4.4)     11  Trent Buck <·········@tznvy.pbz>
  22.1 (  0.8/ 21.3/ 21.3)      1  ··········@yahoo.com

These posters accounted for 34.6% of the total volume.

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

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

1.000  (  1.6 /  1.6)      7  ·············@gmail.com" <············@gmail.com>
0.981  (  3.6 /  3.7)      7  "ramza2" <············@gmail.com>
0.880  (  8.0 /  9.0)     11  "Jeff M." <·······@gmail.com>
0.822  (  3.7 /  4.5)      6  Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <···@iki.fi>
0.818  (  6.5 /  8.0)      5  Don Geddis <···@geddis.org>
0.711  ( 13.4 / 18.8)     12  Rob Warnock <····@rpw3.org>
0.703  (  7.6 / 10.8)      5  drewc <·····@rift.com>
0.696  (  9.3 / 13.3)      5  Damien Kick <······@email.mot.com>
0.672  (  4.5 /  6.7)      9  Christopher C. Stacy <······@news.dtpq.com>
0.670  (  3.5 /  5.2)     10  ········@agharta.de

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

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

0.541  ( 14.6 / 26.9)     23  Peter Seibel <·····@javamonkey.com>
0.529  (  4.9 /  9.3)      6  David Sletten <·····@slytobias.com>
0.514  (  8.7 / 16.8)     10  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
0.512  (  0.5 /  1.1)      5  Guybrush Treepwood <·······@hotmail.com>
0.479  (  8.8 / 18.4)     11  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
0.467  (  4.3 /  9.2)     11  Rahul Jain <·····@nyct.net>
0.444  (  4.2 /  9.5)     11  Barry Margolin <······@alum.mit.edu>
0.413  (  3.2 /  7.8)      5  "John Thingstad" <··············@chello.no>
0.364  (  2.0 /  5.4)      5  "Paul F. Dietz" <·····@dls.net>
0.332  (  1.8 /  5.3)      6  Julian Stecklina <··········@web.de>

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

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

   35  the best Linux for me
   31  Core foundation of Common Lisp (not pure Lisp)
   31  Have you bought Practical Common Lisp?
   24  Special forms vs. Macros
   23  CLisp case sensitivity
   20  Infinity
   12  Practical Common Lisp: What's Next?
   12  ELisp converts to Lisp
   11  Smug scheme weenies?
   10  ANSI Common Lisp's 10th birthday

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

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

  74.8 ( 36.1/ 36.5/ 22.8)     35  the best Linux for me
  71.2 ( 33.9/ 34.7/ 19.7)     31  Core foundation of Common Lisp (not pure Lisp)
  60.5 ( 25.7/ 33.1/ 21.5)     24  Special forms vs. Macros
  58.3 ( 31.4/ 26.3/ 14.8)     23  CLisp case sensitivity
  52.1 ( 29.0/ 21.3/ 11.9)     31  Have you bought Practical Common Lisp?
  42.2 ( 20.3/ 20.5/  9.6)     20  Infinity
  29.7 ( 11.2/ 17.4/ 11.2)     12  ELisp converts to Lisp
  27.9 (  9.2/ 18.7/ 12.2)      8  read, print, and macro characters
  23.2 ( 11.5/ 11.6/  7.3)     11  Smug scheme weenies?
  22.1 (  0.8/ 21.3/ 21.3)      1  How to Turn $5 into $15,000 in 30 Days with PayPal

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

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

0.890  (  4.5/   5.1)     10  Simple Parser Lisp
0.860  (  3.6/   4.2)      5  ID3 question
0.787  (  4.2/   5.4)      9  export setf expansion
0.768  (  0.7/   1.0)      3  CLISP
0.754  (  6.9/   9.1)      7  Newbie Question: How do I convert the value of a string variable to a quoted symbol?
0.733  (  4.3/   5.9)      9  Are inline functions destructive?
0.707  (  7.0/   9.9)     10  Seeking blurbs
0.701  (  1.1/   1.6)      3  export find-symbol
0.682  (  1.3/   1.8)      5  export all symbols?
0.661  (  4.5/   6.9)      4  Newbie Question: How do I convert the value of a string variable
 to a quoted symbol?

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

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

0.498  (  2.9 /  5.8)      9  starting a long-lived Lisp process from a short-lived connection
0.484  (  2.1 /  4.2)      4  CLOS newbie question
0.469  (  9.6 / 20.5)     20  Infinity
0.451  (  1.9 /  4.2)     10  ANSI Common Lisp's 10th birthday
0.432  (  1.3 /  3.0)      4  :use and :shadowing-import-from
0.413  (  0.8 /  1.9)      5  Minor lisp whinges.
0.405  (  3.8 /  9.3)      6  Constituent characters with constituent trait 'invalid' -- multiple escape ok?
0.400  (  1.6 /  4.1)      6  special in cmucl
0.399  (  0.8 /  2.0)      3  Given enough eyeballs, CLiki spam is shallow
0.393  (  1.8 /  4.5)      3  Constituent characters with constituent trait 'invalid' -- multiple
 escape ok?

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

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

       4  comp.lang.prolog

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

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

       1  alex goldman <·····@spamm.er>
       1  David Sletten <·····@slytobias.com>
       1  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
       1  Rahul Jain <·····@nyct.net>
       0  Frank Goenninger DG1SBG <················@t-online.de>
       0  Matthew Danish <··········@cmu.edu>
       0  Hannah Schroeter <······@schlund.de>
       0  Adam Warner <······@consulting.net.nz>
       0  Juan Jose Garcia Ripoll <·········@yahoo.de>
       0  ·············@yahoo.com" <············@yahoo.com>