From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date:
Message-ID: <38vr7lF5s2ds4U2@individual.net>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 27 Feb 2005 07:53:27 GMT and ending at
06 Mar 2005 06:34:32 GMT.
Notes
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- 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
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Posters: 150
Articles: 451 (184 with cutlined signatures)
Threads: 58
Volume generated: 1037.5 kb
- headers: 470.0 kb (8,271 lines)
- bodies: 543.8 kb (14,940 lines)
- original: 342.0 kb (10,333 lines)
- signatures: 23.1 kb (562 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.629
Averages
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Posts per poster: 3.0
median: 2.0 posts
mode: 1 post - 70 posters
s: 3.9 posts
Posts per thread: 7.8
median: 3.0 posts
mode: 1 post - 16 threads
s: 13.8 posts
Message size: 2355.6 bytes
- header: 1067.2 bytes (18.3 lines)
- body: 1234.8 bytes (33.1 lines)
- original: 776.5 bytes (22.9 lines)
- signature: 52.5 bytes (1.2 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
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19 49.2 ( 22.7/ 23.9/ 12.3) Peter Seibel <·····@gigamonkeys.com>
15 45.5 ( 11.2/ 31.9/ 22.1) Pascal Bourguignon <····@mouse-potato.com>
15 29.4 ( 17.2/ 12.2/ 8.4) Wade Humeniuk <··················@telus.net>
15 54.2 ( 22.4/ 30.5/ 16.2) Dave Roberts <···········@remove-findinglisp.com>
12 22.8 ( 12.5/ 10.2/ 5.3) "Tayssir John Gabbour" <···········@yahoo.com>
12 25.8 ( 14.6/ 10.1/ 5.5) Rahul Jain <·····@nyct.net>
11 21.4 ( 14.4/ 7.0/ 3.9) William Bland <·······@abstractnonsense.com>
10 27.4 ( 10.7/ 16.7/ 9.1) Christopher C. Stacy <······@news.dtpq.com>
9 17.1 ( 10.1/ 6.4/ 4.0) David Steuber <·····@david-steuber.com>
9 21.6 ( 9.2/ 11.6/ 9.7) Frank Buss <··@frank-buss.de>
These posters accounted for 28.2% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume
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Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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54.2 ( 22.4/ 30.5/ 16.2) 15 Dave Roberts <···········@remove-findinglisp.com>
49.6 ( 11.9/ 36.2/ 16.3) 7 Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
49.2 ( 22.7/ 23.9/ 12.3) 19 Peter Seibel <·····@gigamonkeys.com>
45.5 ( 11.2/ 31.9/ 22.1) 15 Pascal Bourguignon <····@mouse-potato.com>
29.4 ( 17.2/ 12.2/ 8.4) 15 Wade Humeniuk <··················@telus.net>
27.4 ( 10.7/ 16.7/ 9.1) 10 Christopher C. Stacy <······@news.dtpq.com>
25.8 ( 14.6/ 10.1/ 5.5) 12 Rahul Jain <·····@nyct.net>
22.8 ( 12.5/ 10.2/ 5.3) 12 "Tayssir John Gabbour" <···········@yahoo.com>
21.6 ( 9.2/ 11.6/ 9.7) 9 Frank Buss <··@frank-buss.de>
21.4 ( 14.4/ 7.0/ 3.9) 11 William Bland <·······@abstractnonsense.com>
These posters accounted for 33.4% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.976 ( 2.5 / 2.6) 5 "va1" <·······@csd.uwo.ca>
0.887 ( 4.6 / 5.2) 7 "Mike" <······@gmail.com>
0.833 ( 9.7 / 11.6) 9 Frank Buss <··@frank-buss.de>
0.802 ( 3.1 / 3.8) 6 Peter Lewerin <·············@swipnet.se>
0.786 ( 12.7 / 16.2) 5 Kent M Pitman <······@nhplace.com>
0.719 ( 2.5 / 3.5) 5 "Jeff M." <·······@gmail.com>
0.692 ( 22.1 / 31.9) 15 Pascal Bourguignon <····@mouse-potato.com>
0.686 ( 8.4 / 12.2) 15 Wade Humeniuk <··················@telus.net>
0.656 ( 3.8 / 5.8) 8 ···@usenet.thangorodrim.de
0.621 ( 4.0 / 6.4) 9 David Steuber <·····@david-steuber.com>
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
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0.532 ( 16.2 / 30.5) 15 Dave Roberts <···········@remove-findinglisp.com>
0.524 ( 1.7 / 3.3) 8 Joe Marshall <···@ccs.neu.edu>
0.523 ( 2.4 / 4.6) 7 "Andreas Thiele" <······@nospam.com>
0.522 ( 3.3 / 6.3) 8 ········@gmail.com" <·······@gmail.com>
0.516 ( 5.3 / 10.2) 12 "Tayssir John Gabbour" <···········@yahoo.com>
0.515 ( 12.3 / 23.9) 19 Peter Seibel <·····@gigamonkeys.com>
0.500 ( 3.1 / 6.2) 7 Barry Margolin <······@alum.mit.edu>
0.449 ( 16.3 / 36.2) 7 Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
0.443 ( 2.0 / 4.4) 6 ········@clouddancer.com
0.341 ( 2.1 / 6.1) 7 Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts
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Posts Subject
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63 Wanted: Magic Lisp snippets
61 why not enough lisp libraries?
36 what kind on programming is lisp?
22 question about eval
18 Interview with Alan Kay
18 Practical Common Lisp to stay on web
17 Macro expansion newbie question
17 CLOS object clean-up
13 Debugging lisp?
11 &rest args
Top 10 Threads by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
-------------------------- ----- -------
154.1 ( 83.1/ 69.0/ 38.3) 61 why not enough lisp libraries?
138.6 ( 58.1/ 75.2/ 58.4) 63 Wanted: Magic Lisp snippets
97.7 ( 30.3/ 65.0/ 28.1) 18 Interview with Alan Kay
66.0 ( 34.9/ 29.6/ 18.4) 36 what kind on programming is lisp?
54.5 ( 23.7/ 29.5/ 17.4) 22 question about eval
35.0 ( 15.0/ 19.3/ 11.2) 17 CLOS object clean-up
34.9 ( 14.4/ 20.3/ 13.0) 8 Continuations in Common Lisp (with apologies)
32.7 ( 17.8/ 14.0/ 6.9) 18 Practical Common Lisp to stay on web
27.8 ( 12.7/ 14.1/ 10.4) 13 Debugging lisp?
27.2 ( 16.8/ 10.1/ 6.8) 17 Macro expansion newbie question
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.895 ( 1.8/ 2.0) 5 difference between listp and consp?
0.837 ( 4.5/ 5.4) 5 trace does not work has expected
0.820 ( 3.4/ 4.2) 3 L Sharp. Lisp Scripting for .NET
0.813 ( 14.4/ 17.7) 8 program-data identity
0.809 ( 0.6/ 0.7) 4 SBCL mini logos
0.777 ( 58.4/ 75.2) 63 Wanted: Magic Lisp snippets
0.735 ( 5.7/ 7.8) 10 I get it
0.735 ( 10.4/ 14.1) 13 Debugging lisp?
0.727 ( 2.8/ 3.9) 3 How to write restart tests
0.713 ( 4.3/ 6.0) 5 Macros: returning multiple lists
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
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0.554 ( 38.3 / 69.0) 61 why not enough lisp libraries?
0.550 ( 0.9 / 1.7) 3 It is the implementation that is powerful or not.
0.523 ( 4.4 / 8.5) 10 What's the deal with GUILE, GCL, and Emacs-lisp?
0.515 ( 6.3 / 12.3) 11 nested macrology question
0.494 ( 6.9 / 14.0) 18 Practical Common Lisp to stay on web
0.481 ( 1.5 / 3.0) 4 kmrcl on win32
0.450 ( 1.4 / 3.0) 3 Proper venue for CLISP question?
0.436 ( 1.1 / 2.5) 4 Kenny and Cells/Cello fans - might want to see this
0.431 ( 28.1 / 65.0) 18 Interview with Alan Kay
0.274 ( 0.6 / 2.3) 3 Email Scheme and Massive ID Theft
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts
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Articles Newsgroup
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19 comp.lang.smalltalk
18 comp.lang.smalltalk.dolphin
17 comp.lang.forth
2 comp.lang.php
2 comp.lang.scheme
1 comp.lang.python
1 comp.lang.functional
1 comp.lang.lisp.franz
1 rec.music.reggae
1 alt.funk-you
Top 10 Crossposters
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Articles Address
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12 Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
9 mickbou <··········@hotmail.com>
8 Dave Roberts <···········@remove-findinglisp.com>
6 Eliot Miranda <······@pacbell.net>
6 David Magda <··················@ee.ryerson.ca>
4 ·······@micai.org
4 Thomas Gagne <······@wide-open-west.com>
3 Ulrich Hobelmann <···········@web.de>
3 "R.P. Warren" <········@adelphia.net>
2 Christopher C. Stacy <······@news.dtpq.com>