From: Christopher Browne
Subject: Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Date: 
Message-ID: <39i9rkF62n7ksU2@individual.net>
Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period,
beginning at 06 Mar 2005 07:53:25 GMT and ending at
13 Mar 2005 06:15:36 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:  171
Articles: 523 (197 with cutlined signatures)
Threads:  75
Volume generated: 1176.9 kb
    - headers:    519.8 kb (9,410 lines)
    - bodies:     625.3 kb (16,733 lines)
    - original:   387.3 kb (11,168 lines)
    - signatures: 31.2 kb (711 lines)

Original Content Rating: 0.619

Averages
========

Posts per poster: 3.1
    median: 2 posts
    mode:   1 post - 75 posters
    s:      4.2 posts
Posts per thread: 7.0
    median: 3 posts
    mode:   1 post - 17 threads
    s:      11.9 posts
Message size: 2304.2 bytes
    - header:     1017.8 bytes (18.0 lines)
    - body:       1224.3 bytes (32.0 lines)
    - original:   758.3 bytes (21.4 lines)
    - signature:  61.1 bytes (1.4 lines)

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

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

   35    81.9 ( 28.9/ 47.2/ 21.7)  Pascal Bourguignon <····@mouse-potato.com>
   28    56.2 ( 23.6/ 32.6/ 19.2)  Ulrich Hobelmann <···········@web.de>
   17    74.4 ( 23.6/ 47.4/ 28.3)  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
   13    22.0 ( 12.7/  9.3/  6.8)  ·············@gmail.com" <············@gmail.com>
   11    22.6 ( 10.9/ 11.6/  6.2)  Christopher C. Stacy <······@news.dtpq.com>
   10    37.6 ( 10.3/ 27.3/ 21.1)  Kent M Pitman <······@nhplace.com>
   10    19.5 ( 12.8/  5.3/  3.3)  Trent Buck <·········@tznvy.pbz>
   10    22.2 ( 10.6/ 11.6/  2.9)  ·······@cs.nyu.edu
   10    25.4 ( 10.3/ 15.1/ 11.9)  Wade Humeniuk <··················@telus.net>
    9    21.2 ( 10.3/  9.0/  3.4)  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>

These posters accounted for 29.3% of all articles.

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

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

  81.9 ( 28.9/ 47.2/ 21.7)     35  Pascal Bourguignon <····@mouse-potato.com>
  74.4 ( 23.6/ 47.4/ 28.3)     17  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
  56.2 ( 23.6/ 32.6/ 19.2)     28  Ulrich Hobelmann <···········@web.de>
  37.6 ( 10.3/ 27.3/ 21.1)     10  Kent M Pitman <······@nhplace.com>
  25.4 ( 10.3/ 15.1/ 11.9)     10  Wade Humeniuk <··················@telus.net>
  23.9 (  2.8/ 21.1/ 12.5)      3  "Mike Ajemian" <············@verizon.net>
  22.6 ( 10.9/ 11.6/  6.2)     11  Christopher C. Stacy <······@news.dtpq.com>
  22.2 ( 10.6/ 11.6/  2.9)     10  ·······@cs.nyu.edu
  22.0 (  8.9/ 13.1/ 11.2)      7  Raffael Cavallaro <················@pas-d'espam-s'il-vous-plait-dot-mac.com>
  22.0 ( 12.7/  9.3/  6.8)     13  ·············@gmail.com" <············@gmail.com>

These posters accounted for 33.0% of the total volume.

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

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

0.926  (  5.9 /  6.4)      6  Raymond Toy <···········@ericsson.com>
0.855  ( 11.2 / 13.1)      7  Raffael Cavallaro <················@pas-d'espam-s'il-vous-plait-dot-mac.com>
0.854  (  7.5 /  8.8)      5  Joerg Hoehle <······@users.sourceforge.net>
0.790  (  1.3 /  1.7)      5  alex goldman <·····@spamm.er>
0.788  ( 11.9 / 15.1)     10  Wade Humeniuk <··················@telus.net>
0.772  ( 21.1 / 27.3)     10  Kent M Pitman <······@nhplace.com>
0.763  (  4.9 /  6.4)      5  Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk <······@knm.org.pl>
0.746  ( 10.4 / 14.0)      7  "Alexander Repenning" <·····@cs.colorado.edu>
0.730  (  6.8 /  9.3)     13  ·············@gmail.com" <············@gmail.com>
0.726  (  3.4 /  4.7)      5  "Gorbag" <······@invalid.acct>

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

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

0.552  (  1.5 /  2.7)      5  Paolo Amoroso <·······@mclink.it>
0.534  (  6.2 / 11.6)     11  Christopher C. Stacy <······@news.dtpq.com>
0.531  (  5.4 / 10.2)      6  David Steuber <·····@david-steuber.com>
0.523  (  2.9 /  5.5)      7  ······@gmail.com
0.499  (  2.5 /  5.0)      8  Pascal <··@p-cos.net>
0.460  ( 21.7 / 47.2)     35  Pascal Bourguignon <····@mouse-potato.com>
0.450  (  5.3 / 11.8)      6  John Doty <···@whispertel.LoseTheH.net>
0.399  (  2.0 /  5.0)      5  Peter Seibel <·····@gigamonkeys.com>
0.379  (  3.4 /  9.0)      9  Kenny Tilton <·······@nyc.rr.com>
0.250  (  2.9 / 11.6)     10  ·······@cs.nyu.edu

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

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

   65  [OT] PostLisp, a language experiment
   41  I get it
   41  what kind on programming is lisp?
   35  One last chapter to review! Last chance! One-day only!
   25  lisp in production
   24  Common LISP Implementations for Mac OS X?
   22  Productivity With Lisp (was Re: I get it)
   17  PostLisp, a language experiment
   14  limit on the number of arguments to apply?
   14  Lisp GUI toolkits

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

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

 170.6 ( 66.8/ 97.7/ 52.9)     65  [OT] PostLisp, a language experiment
 132.6 ( 40.9/ 89.2/ 51.4)     41  I get it
  96.3 ( 43.8/ 50.4/ 31.8)     35  One last chapter to review! Last chance! One-day only!
  85.9 ( 43.9/ 39.4/ 25.1)     41  what kind on programming is lisp?
  69.1 ( 25.9/ 41.3/ 23.7)     22  Productivity With Lisp (was Re: I get it)
  64.9 ( 24.1/ 39.6/ 24.3)     24  Common LISP Implementations for Mac OS X?
  45.0 ( 22.9/ 19.9/ 11.7)     25  lisp in production
  35.7 ( 15.6/ 18.7/ 10.8)     17  PostLisp, a language experiment
  31.4 ( 12.3/ 18.1/ 11.0)     14  limit on the number of arguments to apply?
  27.2 ( 12.8/ 14.0/ 11.6)     12  Wanted: Magic Lisp snippets

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

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

0.987  ( 10.3/  10.4)      5  Feedback (thoughts, prior art) wanted on templating system (long)
0.881  (  2.3/   2.6)      3  Confusing bug while examining function parameters
0.866  (  0.5/   0.6)      3  multithreading
0.833  ( 11.6/  14.0)     12  Wanted: Magic Lisp snippets
0.816  (  1.6/   1.9)      6  Good online Lisp tutorials?
0.811  (  1.7/   2.1)      3  Copy a clos class instance
0.794  (  0.4/   0.5)      3  GULLIBLE? FOOLISH? THIS IS FOR YOU!!
0.750  (  2.1/   2.8)      6  Problem compiling with ACL trial edition
0.749  (  6.2/   8.3)      9  Macros, declare, and locally
0.743  (  2.4/   3.3)      5  OS X Lisps support AltiVec (Velocity Engine)?

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

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

0.524  (  0.7 /  1.3)      3  Practical Common Lisp to stay on web
0.494  (  0.9 /  1.8)      4  Modifying code "on the fly", Was: I get it
0.479  (  1.0 /  2.0)      5  araneida logging
0.468  (  4.6 /  9.8)     14  Lisp GUI toolkits
0.457  (  1.2 /  2.7)      5  make-package :use sbcl
0.439  (  1.3 /  3.0)      3  How to pass on only unrecognized keyword params?
0.413  (  1.4 /  3.3)      3  OT: will versus shall
0.392  (  3.5 /  8.9)     10  First-class macros
0.382  (  0.7 /  1.8)      3  Problems with Araneida
0.354  (  0.8 /  2.3)      4  What's the deal with GUILE, GCL, and Emacs-lisp?

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

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

      79  comp.lang.forth
       4  comp.lang.scheme
       3  rec.music.classical.recordings
       3  rec.autos.sport.nascar
       3  rec.games.chess.misc
       1  comp.lang.tcl
       1  comp.lang.functional
       1  alt.religion.emacs
       1  gnu.emacs.help
       1  comp.lang.php

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

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

       9  Ulrich Hobelmann <···········@web.de>
       7  Bernd Paysan <············@gmx.de>
       6  Duane Rettig <·····@franz.com>
       5  John Doty <···@whispertel.LoseTheH.net>
       4  alex goldman <·····@spamm.er>
       4  ···@amleth.demon.co.uk
       3  "LuisMorales" <···········@programmer.net>
       3  Pascal Bourguignon <····@mouse-potato.com>
       3  ·········@lxny.org
       3  "=?iso-8859-1?q?F=F6rster_vom_Silberwald?=" <··········@hotmail.com>