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 <cbbr...@acm.org>
Totals
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Posters: 119
Articles: 456 (162 with cutlined signatures)
Threads: 54
Volume generated: 1096.6 kb
- headers: 461.8 kb (7,863 lines)
- bodies: 607.4 kb (15,553 lines)
- original: 359.8 kb (9,887 lines)
- signatures: 27.0 kb (676 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.592
Averages
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Posts per poster: 3.8
median: 2 posts
mode: 1 post - 40 posters
s: 4.9 posts
Posts per thread: 8.4
median: 4.5 posts
mode: 1 post - 14 threads
s: 13.5 posts
Message size: 2462.6 bytes
- header: 1037.0 bytes (17.2 lines)
- body: 1364.0 bytes (34.1 lines)
- original: 808.0 bytes (21.7 lines)
- signature: 60.7 bytes (1.5 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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18 28.8 ( 17.2/ 11.7/ 7.1) Tim Bradshaw <t...@cley.com>
17 53.3 ( 22.2/ 31.0/ 14.7) Joe Marshall <j...@ccs.neu.edu>
17 37.1 ( 17.6/ 15.5/ 11.1) Kenny Tilton <kti...@nyc.rr.com>
15 30.1 ( 11.5/ 18.6/ 8.9) Kent M Pitman <pit...@world.std.com>
14 42.6 ( 14.6/ 25.8/ 21.1) http://naggum.no/erik/contact.html
13 50.7 ( 15.0/ 35.7/ 17.6) spino...@yahoo.com (Edward G. Nilges)
13 35.5 ( 16.4/ 16.8/ 8.7) Pascal Costanza <cost...@web.de>
12 24.0 ( 9.6/ 14.4/ 8.8) cst...@dtpq.com (Christopher C. Stacy)
12 22.0 ( 9.7/ 11.5/ 5.9) Nils Goesche <n...@cartan.de>
12 41.1 ( 15.9/ 25.1/ 12.1) g...@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
These posters accounted for 31.4% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
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53.3 ( 22.2/ 31.0/ 14.7) 17 Joe Marshall <j...@ccs.neu.edu>
50.7 ( 15.0/ 35.7/ 17.6) 13 spino...@yahoo.com (Edward G. Nilges)
42.6 ( 14.6/ 25.8/ 21.1) 14 http://naggum.no/erik/contact.html
41.1 ( 15.9/ 25.1/ 12.1) 12 g...@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
41.0 ( 11.7/ 27.3/ 15.0) 10 Duane Rettig <du...@franz.com>
37.1 ( 17.6/ 15.5/ 11.1) 17 Kenny Tilton <kti...@nyc.rr.com>
35.5 ( 16.4/ 16.8/ 8.7) 13 Pascal Costanza <cost...@web.de>
30.1 ( 11.5/ 18.6/ 8.9) 15 Kent M Pitman <pit...@world.std.com>
29.7 ( 4.9/ 24.9/ 24.7) 8 lo...@emf.emf.net (Tom Lord)
28.8 ( 17.2/ 11.7/ 7.1) 18 Tim Bradshaw <t...@cley.com>
These posters accounted for 35.6% 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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0.994 ( 24.7 / 24.9) 8 lo...@emf.emf.net (Tom Lord)
0.819 ( 21.1 / 25.8) 14 http://naggum.no/erik/contact.html
0.791 ( 8.7 / 11.0) 6 Yarden Katz <ka...@underlevel.net>
0.718 ( 10.3 / 14.3) 8 rp...@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
0.715 ( 11.1 / 15.5) 17 Kenny Tilton <kti...@nyc.rr.com>
0.705 ( 8.5 / 12.0) 11 "Steven M. Haflich" <smh_no_s...@alum.mit.edu>
0.651 ( 4.4 / 6.7) 6 Daniel Barlow <d...@telent.net>
0.612 ( 5.5 / 9.0) 7 Larry Clapp <la...@theclapp.org>
0.610 ( 7.1 / 11.7) 18 Tim Bradshaw <t...@cley.com>
0.610 ( 8.8 / 14.4) 12 cst...@dtpq.com (Christopher C. Stacy)
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
=================================================
(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.493 ( 17.6 / 35.7) 13 spino...@yahoo.com (Edward G. Nilges)
0.481 ( 12.1 / 25.1) 12 g...@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
0.476 ( 8.9 / 18.6) 15 Kent M Pitman <pit...@world.std.com>
0.474 ( 14.7 / 31.0) 17 Joe Marshall <j...@ccs.neu.edu>
0.463 ( 3.1 / 6.7) 6 Bruce Hoult <br...@hoult.org>
0.455 ( 2.1 / 4.6) 9 "Paul F. Dietz" <di...@dls.net>
0.446 ( 4.7 / 10.4) 12 Barry Margolin <bar...@genuity.net>
0.424 ( 0.9 / 2.0) 5 The
0.278 ( 5.3 / 18.9) 11 Edi Weitz <e...@agharta.de>
0.255 ( 4.1 / 15.9) 5 steph...@hotmail.com (Steph)
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts
=================================
Posts Subject
----- -------
78 Re: Rudeness index was Looking for Lisp compiler
51 Conservative vs. precise GC
30 Interest of formal proof Was: Rudeness index was Looking for Lisp compiler
23 signalling conditions which are not ERRORs with ERROR
19 Re: (endp lst) or (null lst)
18 This one goes to 11
14 Unexpected behavior in CMU CL for Linux
14 Re: closing files by gc
12 Ufasoft LispStudio
12 Re: OT: Erik Naggum's Long-Windedness (was: (endp lst) or (null lst))
Top 10 Threads by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
-------------------------- ----- -------
214.5 (101.1/108.1/ 55.2) 78 Re: Rudeness index was Looking for Lisp compiler
129.1 ( 51.3/ 73.7/ 47.2) 51 Conservative vs. precise GC
110.4 ( 43.4/ 65.0/ 36.3) 30 Interest of formal proof Was: Rudeness index was Looking for Lisp compiler
50.4 ( 13.2/ 36.1/ 21.6) 14 Re: closing files by gc
40.9 ( 19.0/ 21.0/ 12.6) 23 signalling conditions which are not ERRORs with ERROR
40.7 ( 18.1/ 22.1/ 11.6) 19 Re: (endp lst) or (null lst)
39.4 ( 17.0/ 20.6/ 14.2) 18 This one goes to 11
35.9 ( 7.5/ 28.1/ 11.6) 10 newbie questions
29.5 ( 15.1/ 14.2/ 6.4) 14 Unexpected behavior in CMU CL for Linux
28.8 ( 11.9/ 16.7/ 9.6) 12 fun with eval-when and compile-file
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.916 ( 15.5/ 16.9) 5 conservative gc sucks
0.906 ( 11.4/ 12.6) 6 Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
0.858 ( 2.7/ 3.1) 5 how to access a shared slot without an instance?
0.830 ( 0.8/ 1.0) 3 Lisp 1.5 programmer's manual at: http://green.iis.nsk.su/~vp/doc/lisp1.5/mccarthy.html
0.822 ( 12.4/ 15.1) 9 testing for open-ness (was Re: conservative gc sucks)
0.761 ( 2.4/ 3.1) 3 changing slots in an overloaded initialize-instance, and type checking
0.748 ( 2.4/ 3.2) 5 Help with Lisp exercise in book
0.715 ( 10.0/ 14.0) 12 Re: OT: Erik Naggum's Long-Windedness (was: (endp lst) or (null lst))
0.709 ( 1.2/ 1.7) 3 LISP and Calling Other Programs
0.690 ( 14.2/ 20.6) 18 This one goes to 11
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
=================================================
(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.491 ( 6.4 / 13.0) 11 mod_lisp 2.3 beta available for testing
0.483 ( 2.7 / 5.5) 6 Setting and Retrieving from Hash Table
0.482 ( 3.3 / 6.8) 10 [OT] Re: Conservative vs. precise GC
0.451 ( 6.4 / 14.2) 14 Unexpected behavior in CMU CL for Linux
0.450 ( 3.6 / 8.0) 8 clisp sockets
0.431 ( 3.4 / 7.8) 4 web toolkits for Allegro (was Re: defsystem on Allegro CL)
0.419 ( 1.3 / 3.1) 4 Where is the CLisp documentation?
0.412 ( 11.6 / 28.1) 10 newbie questions
0.411 ( 1.5 / 3.7) 6 Remarketing the language ( was Re: ....ADA ? One silly idea..)
0.310 ( 0.4 / 1.4) 3 John McCarthy RIP
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts
=============================
Articles Newsgroup
-------- ---------
6 comp.lang.ada
3 comp.lang.functional
2 comp.lang.clos
2 comp.lang.dylan
2 comp.lang.scheme
Top 10 Crossposters
===================
Articles Address
-------- -------
3 Kenny Tilton <kti...@nyc.rr.com>
3 The
3 gilbert_a...@yahoo.com (gilbert)
1 Fraser Wilson <newsf...@blancolioni.org>
1 "Bill Margolis" <wmar...@sbcglobal.net>
1 zor...@yahoo.com (Zork Adi)
1 Edi Weitz <e...@agharta.de>
1 "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" <ve3...@cogeco.ca>
1 "Geoffrey Summerhayes" <sumNOS...@hotmail.com>
0 news_...@stirfried.vegetable.org.uk
How incredibly stupid.
--
Erik Naggum, Oslo, Norway
Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder.
Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder.
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 <cbbr...@acm.org>
Totals
======
Posters: 126
Articles: 333 (116 with cutlined signatures)
Threads: 52
Volume generated: 741.6 kb
- headers: 309.9 kb (5,662 lines)
- bodies: 407.4 kb (10,770 lines)
- original: 263.7 kb (7,388 lines)
- signatures: 23.9 kb (567 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.647
Averages
========
Posts per poster: 2.6
median: 2.0 posts
mode: 1 post - 61 posters
s: 3.7 posts
Posts per thread: 6.4
median: 3.5 posts
mode: 1 post - 14 threads
s: 9.0 posts
Message size: 2280.5 bytes
- header: 953.1 bytes (17.0 lines)
- body: 1252.9 bytes (32.3 lines)
- original: 810.8 bytes (22.2 lines)
- signature: 73.5 bytes (1.7 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts
=================================
(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
----- -------------------------- -------
17 40.8 ( 16.6/ 21.5/ 16.1) http://naggum.no/erik/contact.html
17 55.4 ( 19.4/ 36.0/ 20.3) Joe Marshall <j...@ccs.neu.edu>
15 22.2 ( 14.2/ 8.0/ 4.8) Tim Bradshaw <t...@cley.com>
11 26.4 ( 8.9/ 17.5/ 13.6) k...@ashi.footprints.net (Kaz Kylheku)
9 25.0 ( 8.9/ 14.5/ 10.1) Kenny Tilton <kti...@nyc.rr.com>
8 16.0 ( 5.6/ 10.4/ 8.5) "Adam Warner" <use...@consulting.net.nz>
8 23.5 ( 7.6/ 15.3/ 8.3) Nils Goesche <n...@cartan.de>
7 10.2 ( 4.4/ 5.8/ 3.6) Edi Weitz <e...@agharta.de>
7 17.1 ( 7.4/ 8.2/ 4.0) Barry Margolin <bar...@genuity.net>
7 20.3 ( 8.0/ 12.4/ 7.3) =?iso-8859-1?q?=22Aur=E9lien_Camp=E9as=22?= <aurel...@wanadoo.fr>
These posters accounted for 31.8% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
-------------------------- ----- -------
55.4 ( 19.4/ 36.0/ 20.3) 17 Joe Marshall <j...@ccs.neu.edu>
40.8 ( 16.6/ 21.5/ 16.1) 17 http://naggum.no/erik/contact.html
26.4 ( 8.9/ 17.5/ 13.6) 11 k...@ashi.footprints.net (Kaz Kylheku)
25.0 ( 8.9/ 14.5/ 10.1) 9 Kenny Tilton <kti...@nyc.rr.com>
24.7 ( 3.4/ 21.3/ 21.3) 5 lo...@emf.emf.net (Tom Lord)
23.5 ( 7.6/ 15.3/ 8.3) 8 Nils Goesche <n...@cartan.de>
22.8 ( 6.2/ 16.5/ 9.7) 5 Damien Kick <dki...@email.mot.com>
22.2 ( 14.2/ 8.0/ 4.8) 15 Tim Bradshaw <t...@cley.com>
20.3 ( 8.0/ 12.4/ 7.3) 7 =?iso-8859-1?q?=22Aur=E9lien_Camp=E9as=22?= <aurel...@wanadoo.fr>
17.1 ( 7.4/ 8.2/ 4.0) 7 Barry Margolin <bar...@genuity.net>
These posters accounted for 37.5% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.997 ( 21.3 / 21.3) 5 lo...@emf.emf.net (Tom Lord)
0.813 ( 8.5 / 10.4) 8 "Adam Warner" <use...@consulting.net.nz>
0.777 ( 13.6 / 17.5) 11 k...@ashi.footprints.net (Kaz Kylheku)
0.757 ( 7.0 / 9.2) 5 "Simon Katz" <si...@nomistech.com>
0.748 ( 16.1 / 21.5) 17 http://naggum.no/erik/contact.html
0.702 ( 1.4 / 2.0) 5 Nicolas Neuss <Nicola...@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
0.701 ( 10.1 / 14.5) 9 Kenny Tilton <kti...@nyc.rr.com>
0.631 ( 3.6 / 5.8) 7 Edi Weitz <e...@agharta.de>
0.601 ( 3.0 / 5.0) 5 ana...@earthlink.net (Andy Freeman)
0.600 ( 3.3 / 5.5) 6 Larry Clapp <la...@theclapp.org>
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.600 ( 3.3 / 5.5) 6 Larry Clapp <la...@theclapp.org>
0.596 ( 4.8 / 8.0) 15 Tim Bradshaw <t...@cley.com>
0.595 ( 7.3 / 12.4) 7 =?iso-8859-1?q?=22Aur=E9lien_Camp=E9as=22?= <aurel...@wanadoo.fr>
0.588 ( 9.7 / 16.5) 5 Damien Kick <dki...@email.mot.com>
0.566 ( 20.3 / 36.0) 17 Joe Marshall <j...@ccs.neu.edu>
0.543 ( 8.3 / 15.3) 8 Nils Goesche <n...@cartan.de>
0.490 ( 3.9 / 7.9) 6 g...@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
0.486 ( 4.0 / 8.2) 7 Barry Margolin <bar...@genuity.net>
0.397 ( 1.0 / 2.5) 5 "u.r. faust" <urf...@optushome.com.au>
0.247 ( 0.8 / 3.3) 5 mar...@cs.nyu.edu
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts
=================================
Posts Subject
----- -------
47 Re: OT: Erik Naggum's Long-Windedness (was: (endp lst) or (null lst))
22 How to convince employer..
20 building a new run-time system
19 Re: conservative gc sucks
18 Re: closing files by gc
18 Writing (un)maintanble code
12 format directive
12 lisp and redhat
11 Re: Interest of formal proof Was: Rudeness index was Looking for Lisp compiler
9 EVAL-WHEN and using SPECIAL
Top 10 Threads by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
-------------------------- ----- -------
122.9 ( 50.5/ 69.4/ 44.2) 47 Re: OT: Erik Naggum's Long-Windedness (was: (endp lst) or (null lst))
75.3 ( 21.6/ 52.9/ 30.2) 18 Re: closing files by gc
53.6 ( 16.1/ 36.8/ 31.0) 19 Re: conservative gc sucks
41.7 ( 15.6/ 25.2/ 12.8) 11 Re: Interest of formal proof Was: Rudeness index was Looking for Lisp compiler
40.7 ( 17.7/ 21.4/ 14.7) 22 How to convince employer..
37.3 ( 17.6/ 18.3/ 11.2) 20 building a new run-time system
26.0 ( 14.9/ 10.2/ 5.6) 18 Writing (un)maintanble code
24.9 ( 7.6/ 16.0/ 9.4) 9 EVAL-WHEN and using SPECIAL
22.9 ( 7.8/ 15.0/ 5.6) 8 NON-trivial regular expression problem (could not find on google)
22.2 ( 11.1/ 10.0/ 7.1) 12 lisp and redhat
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
==============================================
(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.843 ( 31.0/ 36.8) 19 Re: conservative gc sucks
0.834 ( 8.1/ 9.7) 8 Lisp editor that can parse strings
0.747 ( 6.9/ 9.2) 7 A little, tiny crack in the language
0.745 ( 3.2/ 4.3) 3 Re: Help with Lisp exercise in book
0.741 ( 7.8/ 10.6) 9 A very simple question on SED or AWK for a GURU, possibly a lisp script or emacs batch processing of many files
0.733 ( 1.3/ 1.8) 4 Repackaging Lisp
0.731 ( 2.4/ 3.2) 3 Lisp for projects
0.715 ( 8.3/ 11.6) 8 Half of *PRINT-ESCAPE*
0.713 ( 1.1/ 1.5) 5 Re: John McCarthy RIP
0.707 ( 7.1/ 10.0) 12 lisp and redhat
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
=================================================
(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.591 ( 0.8 / 1.3) 5 Help
0.590 ( 2.4 / 4.1) 8 Implementations of C function interface?
0.585 ( 9.4 / 16.0) 9 EVAL-WHEN and using SPECIAL
0.572 ( 30.2 / 52.9) 18 Re: closing files by gc
0.554 ( 5.6 / 10.2) 18 Writing (un)maintanble code
0.526 ( 3.6 / 6.7) 5 Re: Conservative vs. precise GC
0.512 ( 2.8 / 5.6) 12 format directive
0.509 ( 12.8 / 25.2) 11 Re: Interest of formal proof Was: Rudeness index was Looking for Lisp compiler
0.498 ( 2.1 / 4.3) 5 Re: syntax question from a newbie
0.375 ( 5.6 / 15.0) 8 NON-trivial regular expression problem (could not find on google)
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts
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Articles Newsgroup
-------- ---------
18 gnu.emacs.help
12 comp.unix.shell
9 gnu.misc.discuss
9 comp.lang.awk
1 comp.lang.java.programmer
1 comp.lang.functional
1 comp.lang.java.misc
1 comp.lang.python
1 comp.lang.java.tech
1 comp.lang.java.setup
Top 10 Crossposters
===================
Articles Address
-------- -------
9 zus...@viagra99.com
5 gnui...@hotmail.com (gnuist006)
3 demo...@india.com (Instant Democracy)
3 thr...@sheol.org (Wayne Throop)
3 Harry Putnam <h...@sbcglobal.net>
3 kai.gro...@uni-duisburg.de (Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann?=)
3 AW <adoub...@hotmail.com>
3 Larry Clapp <la...@theclapp.org>
3 William Park <openge...@yahoo.ca>
3 "Dr. Yuan Liu" <yl...@stemnet.nf.ca.remove_this>