Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
Christopher Browne
beginning at 27 Oct 2002 12:02:44 GMT and ending at
03 Nov 2002 03:47:34 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 <cbbr...@acm.org>
Excluded Posters
================
perlfaq-suggestions\@mox\.perl\.com
Totals
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Posters: 148
Articles: 751 (327 with cutlined signatures)
Threads: 64
Volume generated: 1838.9 kb
- headers: 870.9 kb (12,584 lines)
- bodies: 923.1 kb (23,213 lines)
- original: 544.1 kb (14,580 lines)
- signatures: 44.2 kb (1,182 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.589
Averages
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Posts per poster: 5.1
median: 2.0 posts
mode: 1 post - 53 posters
s: 10.2 posts
Posts per thread: 11.7
median: 3.5 posts
mode: 1 post - 22 threads
s: 46.3 posts
Message size: 2507.4 bytes
- header: 1187.5 bytes (16.8 lines)
- body: 1258.6 bytes (30.9 lines)
- original: 741.9 bytes (19.4 lines)
- signature: 60.3 bytes (1.6 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
----- -------------------------- -------
76 240.1 ( 98.5/129.6/109.0) Erik Naggum <er...@naggum.no>
57 185.7 ( 76.9/105.2/ 35.5) arien <spamme...@getlost.invalid>
43 119.6 ( 50.5/ 69.0/ 27.3) Marc Spitzer <mspi...@optonline.net>
32 66.7 ( 39.3/ 27.4/ 21.2) Tim Bradshaw <t...@cley.com>
29 66.6 ( 50.5/ 16.1/ 9.7) Len Charest <no.e...@my.inbox>
26 78.9 ( 36.0/ 42.8/ 20.4) Brian Palmer <br...@invalid.dom>
20 39.5 ( 16.3/ 21.6/ 10.1) Nils Goesche <n...@cartan.de>
17 31.0 ( 22.5/ 8.4/ 3.1) Joe Marshall <j...@ccs.neu.edu>
17 31.7 ( 23.0/ 8.8/ 5.9) Will Deakin <aniso...@hotmail.com>
15 25.4 ( 15.0/ 9.5/ 9.5) Vassil Nikolov <vnik...@poboxes.com>
These posters accounted for 44.2% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
-------------------------- ----- -------
240.1 ( 98.5/129.6/109.0) 76 Erik Naggum <er...@naggum.no>
185.7 ( 76.9/105.2/ 35.5) 57 arien <spamme...@getlost.invalid>
119.6 ( 50.5/ 69.0/ 27.3) 43 Marc Spitzer <mspi...@optonline.net>
78.9 ( 36.0/ 42.8/ 20.4) 26 Brian Palmer <br...@invalid.dom>
66.7 ( 39.3/ 27.4/ 21.2) 32 Tim Bradshaw <t...@cley.com>
66.6 ( 50.5/ 16.1/ 9.7) 29 Len Charest <no.e...@my.inbox>
44.8 ( 19.6/ 22.3/ 12.2) 15 Pascal Costanza <cost...@web.de>
39.5 ( 16.3/ 21.6/ 10.1) 20 Nils Goesche <n...@cartan.de>
37.1 ( 14.9/ 22.2/ 6.6) 11 "Justin Johnson" <jus...@mobiusent.com>
31.9 ( 13.5/ 18.4/ 9.2) 11 Bruce Hoult <br...@hoult.org>
These posters accounted for 49.5% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
----- -------------- ----- -------
1.000 ( 9.5 / 9.5) 15 Vassil Nikolov <vnik...@poboxes.com>
0.841 (109.0 /129.6) 76 Erik Naggum <er...@naggum.no>
0.812 ( 12.0 / 14.8) 5 Christopher Browne <cbbr...@acm.org>
0.778 ( 7.3 / 9.3) 5 rif <r...@mit.edu>
0.778 ( 9.6 / 12.4) 10 Kenny Tilton <kti...@nyc.rr.com>
0.773 ( 21.2 / 27.4) 32 Tim Bradshaw <t...@cley.com>
0.768 ( 5.8 / 7.6) 8 Arthur Lemmens <alem...@xs4all.nl>
0.747 ( 2.4 / 3.3) 7 Espen Vestre <espen@*do-not-spam-me*.vestre.net>
0.700 ( 2.8 / 4.1) 5 ces...@qnci.net (William D Clinger)
0.684 ( 11.7 / 17.2) 12 vij...@lycos.com (Vijay L)
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.481 ( 2.2 / 4.6) 5 s...@gnu.org
0.476 ( 20.4 / 42.8) 26 Brian Palmer <br...@invalid.dom>
0.469 ( 10.1 / 21.6) 20 Nils Goesche <n...@cartan.de>
0.433 ( 4.6 / 10.6) 8 Nils Goesche <car...@cartan.de>
0.424 ( 7.3 / 17.2) 9 Piers Cawley <pdca...@bofh.org.uk>
0.396 ( 27.3 / 69.0) 43 Marc Spitzer <mspi...@optonline.net>
0.362 ( 3.1 / 8.4) 17 Joe Marshall <j...@ccs.neu.edu>
0.343 ( 2.8 / 8.1) 5 Sander Vesik <san...@haldjas.folklore.ee>
0.337 ( 35.5 /105.2) 57 arien <spamme...@getlost.invalid>
0.295 ( 6.6 / 22.2) 11 "Justin Johnson" <jus...@mobiusent.com>
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts
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Posts Subject
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368 Re: Difference between LISP and C++
39 Re: nil (was Re: A strange question...)
27 some stuff about the 2002 International Lisp Conference in SF
19 XML parser
16 Re: Generating graphs in Lisp to include in (La)TeX
15 (values (multiple-value-form)) whats the point?
15 PLOB!
14 Re: Best combination of {hardware / lisp implementation / operating system}
13 A function-generating function question.
13 Re: "Well, I want to switch over to replace EMACS LISP with Guile."
Top 10 Threads by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
-------------------------- ----- -------
1063.4 (521.1/519.5/278.7) 368 Re: Difference between LISP and C++
82.9 ( 41.4/ 40.3/ 20.5) 39 Re: nil (was Re: A strange question...)
69.0 ( 23.7/ 43.5/ 34.1) 27 some stuff about the 2002 International Lisp Conference in SF
36.9 ( 10.3/ 25.8/ 16.4) 13 A function-generating function question.
34.7 ( 14.0/ 18.9/ 12.6) 14 Re: Best combination of {hardware / lisp implementation / operating system}
34.5 ( 16.7/ 16.0/ 8.7) 19 XML parser
28.6 ( 10.3/ 18.0/ 10.8) 13 c.l.l vs Mel
28.5 ( 8.1/ 19.3/ 15.3) 11 Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
27.4 ( 12.5/ 14.5/ 10.3) 15 PLOB!
26.8 ( 14.0/ 12.6/ 8.2) 15 (values (multiple-value-form)) whats the point?
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.947 ( 7.2/ 7.6) 3 Genera 8.3 Y2K Patch
0.848 ( 2.3/ 2.7) 4 Generating Indented HTML
0.846 ( 4.7/ 5.5) 8 (make-hash-table :test #'mytest)
0.804 ( 10.0/ 12.5) 10 mapping an array to an alphabet
0.796 ( 15.3/ 19.3) 11 Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
0.787 ( 8.2/ 10.4) 7 Re: Lisp advocacy misadventures
0.784 ( 34.1/ 43.5) 27 some stuff about the 2002 International Lisp Conference in SF
0.727 ( 2.0/ 2.8) 3 asking about the effects of DELETE on vectors
0.715 ( 3.3/ 4.6) 7 Re: Lisp compiler
0.711 ( 10.3/ 14.5) 15 PLOB!
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.579 ( 7.5 / 12.9) 11 Extract function from strings
0.579 ( 5.2 / 9.0) 16 Re: Generating graphs in Lisp to include in (La)TeX
0.578 ( 2.1 / 3.6) 4 c.l.l. archives
0.558 ( 5.2 / 9.3) 13 Re: "Well, I want to switch over to replace EMACS LISP with Guile."
0.543 ( 8.7 / 16.0) 19 XML parser
0.536 (278.7 /519.5) 368 Re: Difference between LISP and C++
0.533 ( 5.4 / 10.1) 9 Metaclasses reference sought
0.521 ( 2.5 / 4.9) 7 Re: iteration vs recursion Performance viewpoint
0.508 ( 20.5 / 40.3) 39 Re: nil (was Re: A strange question...)
0.364 ( 2.7 / 7.4) 9 How to access a text file in a given line??
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts
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Articles Newsgroup
-------- ---------
32 comp.lang.scheme
16 comp.lang.smalltalk
14 comp.text.tex
14 comp.lang.smalltalk.advocacy
1 cu.slug
1 comp.lang.c
Top 10 Crossposters
===================
Articles Address
-------- -------
13 Sander Vesik <san...@haldjas.folklore.ee>
12 k...@ashi.footprints.net (Kaz Kylheku)
5 Tim Bradshaw <t...@cley.com>
5 "Adam Warner" <use...@consulting.net.nz>
5 Brian Elmegaard <br...@rk-speed-rugby.dk>
4 ces...@qnci.net (William D Clinger)
4 tb+u...@becket.net (Thomas Bushnell, BSG)
3 Erik Naggum <er...@naggum.no>
3 ds...@gte.com
3 voodo...@hotmail.com (Vlad S.)
Nils Goesche
> 0.469 ( 10.1 / 21.6) 20 Nils Goesche <n...@cartan.de>
> 0.433 ( 4.6 / 10.6) 8 Nils Goesche <car...@cartan.de>
Hey, who's that other guy??
;)
Regards,
--
Nils Gösche
Ask not for whom the <CONTROL-G> tolls.
PGP key ID #xD26EF2A0
Carl Shapiro
> Excluded Posters
> ================
>
> perlfaq-suggestions\@mox\.perl\.com
Do we really have to be reminded of Perl every time these statistics
are posted?
Hannah Schroeter
>> Excluded Posters
>> ================
>> perlfaq-suggestions\@mox\.perl\.com
Two words: Kill file *g* [1]
Kind regards,
Hannah.
[1] No, I'm not a strong user of kill files, I'm more used to using
mental filters *g*
Christopher Browne
Not any more, no... Thanks for pointing that out...
--
(reverse (concatenate 'string "gro.mca@" "enworbbc"))
http://cbbrowne.com/info/sgml.html
Y2K conversion simplified: Januark, Februark, March, April, Mak, June,
Julk, August, September, October, November, December.
Christopher Browne
10 Nov 2002 05:23:27 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 <cbbr...@acm.org>
Totals
======
Posters: 159
Articles: 573 (252 with cutlined signatures)
Threads: 76
Volume generated: 1316.3 kb
- headers: 571.6 kb (9,711 lines)
- bodies: 696.8 kb (17,256 lines)
- original: 442.7 kb (11,781 lines)
- signatures: 47.3 kb (1,089 lines)
Original Content Rating: 0.635
Averages
========
Posts per poster: 3.6
median: 2 posts
mode: 1 post - 69 posters
s: 5.5 posts
Posts per thread: 7.5
median: 2.0 posts
mode: 1 post - 30 threads
s: 14.7 posts
Message size: 2352.3 bytes
- header: 1021.5 bytes (16.9 lines)
- body: 1245.3 bytes (30.1 lines)
- original: 791.2 bytes (20.6 lines)
- signature: 84.6 bytes (1.9 lines)
Top 10 Posters by Number of Posts
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address
----- -------------------------- -------
45 89.9 ( 46.4/ 43.4/ 30.1) Tim Bradshaw <t...@cley.com>
38 101.3 ( 41.1/ 50.7/ 31.2) Kenny Tilton <kti...@nyc.rr.com>
30 63.8 ( 31.9/ 26.5/ 18.4) Erik Naggum <er...@naggum.no>
16 43.0 ( 14.9/ 28.2/ 17.8) no...@vanderbilt.edu (sv0f)
12 59.5 ( 16.1/ 41.1/ 15.9) Duane Rettig <du...@franz.com>
11 17.1 ( 9.8/ 6.1/ 2.3) Paolo Amoroso <amo...@mclink.it>
11 24.1 ( 8.3/ 12.7/ 10.3) Fred Gilham <gil...@snapdragon.csl.sri.com>
10 24.3 ( 11.2/ 13.1/ 5.1) Marc Spitzer <mspi...@optonline.net>
10 24.0 ( 13.0/ 10.4/ 9.8) Tim Lavoie <tool...@spamcop.net>
9 51.8 ( 9.5/ 42.3/ 29.5) "Andre van Meulebrouck" <vanm...@earthlink.net>
These posters accounted for 33.5% of all articles.
Top 10 Posters by Volume
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Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address
-------------------------- ----- -------
101.3 ( 41.1/ 50.7/ 31.2) 38 Kenny Tilton <kti...@nyc.rr.com>
89.9 ( 46.4/ 43.4/ 30.1) 45 Tim Bradshaw <t...@cley.com>
63.8 ( 31.9/ 26.5/ 18.4) 30 Erik Naggum <er...@naggum.no>
59.5 ( 16.1/ 41.1/ 15.9) 12 Duane Rettig <du...@franz.com>
51.8 ( 9.5/ 42.3/ 29.5) 9 "Andre van Meulebrouck" <vanm...@earthlink.net>
43.0 ( 14.9/ 28.2/ 17.8) 16 no...@vanderbilt.edu (sv0f)
31.9 ( 6.6/ 25.2/ 23.4) 8 g...@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
31.9 ( 9.5/ 20.3/ 15.4) 9 Christopher Browne <cbbr...@acm.org>
24.3 ( 11.2/ 13.1/ 5.1) 10 Marc Spitzer <mspi...@optonline.net>
24.1 ( 8.3/ 12.7/ 10.3) 11 Fred Gilham <gil...@snapdragon.csl.sri.com>
These posters accounted for 39.6% of the total volume.
Top 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.940 ( 9.8 / 10.4) 10 Tim Lavoie <tool...@spamcop.net>
0.925 ( 23.4 / 25.2) 8 g...@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat)
0.809 ( 10.3 / 12.7) 11 Fred Gilham <gil...@snapdragon.csl.sri.com>
0.808 ( 6.0 / 7.5) 5 Paul Tarvydas <tarv...@attcanada.ca>
0.758 ( 15.4 / 20.3) 9 Christopher Browne <cbbr...@acm.org>
0.756 ( 8.8 / 11.7) 9 cst...@dtpq.com (Christopher C. Stacy)
0.716 ( 10.6 / 14.8) 5 Kent M Pitman <pit...@world.std.com>
0.713 ( 2.7 / 3.8) 5 Peter Seibel <pe...@javamonkey.com>
0.699 ( 29.5 / 42.3) 9 "Andre van Meulebrouck" <vanm...@earthlink.net>
0.694 ( 30.1 / 43.4) 45 Tim Bradshaw <t...@cley.com>
Bottom 10 Posters by OCR (minimum of five posts)
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(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Address
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.519 ( 4.0 / 7.7) 7 Pascal Costanza <cost...@web.de>
0.504 ( 5.6 / 11.2) 6 "J L Russell" <j.ru...@alum.mit.edu>
0.488 ( 5.6 / 11.5) 7 Paul Wallich <p...@panix.com>
0.484 ( 5.1 / 10.4) 7 t...@conquest.OCF.Berkeley.EDU (Thomas F. Burdick)
0.482 ( 4.1 / 8.5) 6 t...@apocalypse.OCF.Berkeley.EDU (Thomas F. Burdick)
0.453 ( 2.6 / 5.7) 8 Michael Hudson <m...@python.net>
0.391 ( 5.1 / 13.1) 10 Marc Spitzer <mspi...@optonline.net>
0.386 ( 15.9 / 41.1) 12 Duane Rettig <du...@franz.com>
0.377 ( 2.3 / 6.1) 11 Paolo Amoroso <amo...@mclink.it>
0.266 ( 1.7 / 6.2) 6 Timothy Moore <mo...@bricoworks.com>
Top 10 Threads by Number of Posts
=================================
Posts Subject
----- -------
74 Re: some stuff about the 2002 International Lisp Conference in SF
73 Common CL GUI
68 Re: Conference moment: Lisp certification?
47 Re: Conference: Loebner and his prize
26 Re: CLEmacs
24 Re: Difference between LISP and C++
23 Re: (make-hash-table :test #'mytest)
12 Want CL Popularity? Just hack the CIA with it. (promoting CL in counter-culture)
11 Function quoting - Is this a valid implementation?
11 Interference from LispWorks packages re sql-odbc and cl-http
Top 10 Threads by Volume
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(kb) (kb) (kb) (kb)
Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject
-------------------------- ----- -------
211.8 ( 71.5/133.0/ 76.4) 74 Re: some stuff about the 2002 International Lisp Conference in SF
168.7 ( 70.7/ 92.4/ 58.8) 68 Re: Conference moment: Lisp certification?
157.4 ( 67.6/ 80.9/ 49.8) 73 Common CL GUI
116.5 ( 45.1/ 68.1/ 39.5) 47 Re: Conference: Loebner and his prize
74.7 ( 40.4/ 31.6/ 16.8) 26 Re: CLEmacs
57.0 ( 32.5/ 22.4/ 13.6) 24 Re: Difference between LISP and C++
44.8 ( 24.1/ 18.9/ 12.3) 23 Re: (make-hash-table :test #'mytest)
26.0 ( 2.0/ 24.0/ 22.1) 3 Idiot's guide to special variables take 2
25.5 ( 14.3/ 10.1/ 7.3) 10 Re: I'm a Lisper, hear me roar... [was Re: Conference moment: Lisp certification?]
23.6 ( 9.5/ 13.5/ 9.3) 11 Interference from LispWorks packages re sql-odbc and cl-http
Top 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
==============================================
(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.938 ( 9.3/ 9.9) 5 Statistics for comp.lang.lisp
0.921 ( 22.1/ 24.0) 3 Idiot's guide to special variables take 2
0.885 ( 2.1/ 2.3) 5 recommended clisp books and online manuals?
0.846 ( 8.8/ 10.4) 4 Re: mathematica {Did Wolfram know Macsyma and/or Lisp?]
0.804 ( 5.4/ 6.7) 6 Defining a method on arrays of rank 2
0.765 ( 9.0/ 11.7) 12 Want CL Popularity? Just hack the CIA with it. (promoting CL in counter-culture)
0.747 ( 1.9/ 2.6) 4 Portable Allegroserve and CMUCL
0.739 ( 6.1/ 8.2) 8 CLEmacs [was: I'm a Lisper, hear me roar...]
0.729 ( 7.3/ 10.1) 10 Re: I'm a Lisper, hear me roar... [was Re: Conference moment: Lisp certification?]
0.710 ( 6.9/ 9.7) 11 Function quoting - Is this a valid implementation?
Bottom 10 Threads by OCR (minimum of three posts)
=================================================
(kb) (kb)
OCR orig / body Posts Subject
----- -------------- ----- -------
0.580 ( 39.5 / 68.1) 47 Re: Conference: Loebner and his prize
0.576 ( 0.9 / 1.6) 3 Emacs won't indent some CL macros nicely
0.575 ( 76.4 /133.0) 74 Re: some stuff about the 2002 International Lisp Conference in SF
0.573 ( 4.5 / 7.9) 9 newb lisp question
0.531 ( 1.8 / 3.4) 7 Interprocess communication in LISP
0.531 ( 16.8 / 31.6) 26 Re: CLEmacs
0.503 ( 1.5 / 3.0) 7 Object oriented database in Lisp
0.423 ( 1.6 / 3.7) 4 mathematica [Re: I'm a Lisper, hear me roar... [etc]]
0.368 ( 2.2 / 5.9) 7 What happend to www.lisp.org?
0.242 ( 0.9 / 3.6) 5 lisp user group in NY
Top 10 Targets for Crossposts
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Articles Newsgroup
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5 comp.lang.scheme
2 sci.energy
1 comp.lang.smalltalk
1 comp.text.tex
1 sci.chem.analytical
1 sci.engr.chem
Top 10 Crossposters
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Articles Address
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3 dsouz...@yahoo.com (Lawrence D'Souza)
2 Harri J Haataja <harri....@cs.helsinki.fi>
1 "Raymond de Lacaze" <del...@hotmail.com>
1 Marc Spitzer <mspi...@optonline.net>
1 vsync <vs...@quadium.net>
1 Donald Fisk <hibou000...@enterprise.net>
1 "Marc Battyani" <Marc.B...@fractalconcept.com>
1 Daniel Barlow <d...@telent.net>
0 han...@schlund.de (Hannah Schroeter)
0 Erik Naggum <er...@naggum.no>
Erik Naggum
| Top 10 Crossposters
| ===================
|
| Articles Address
| -------- -------
|
| 3 dsouz...@yahoo.com (Lawrence D'Souza)
| 2 Harri J Haataja <harri....@cs.helsinki.fi>
| 1 "Raymond de Lacaze" <del...@hotmail.com>
| 1 Marc Spitzer <mspi...@optonline.net>
| 1 vsync <vs...@quadium.net>
| 1 Donald Fisk <hibou000...@enterprise.net>
| 1 "Marc Battyani" <Marc.B...@fractalconcept.com>
| 1 Daniel Barlow <d...@telent.net>
| 0 han...@schlund.de (Hannah Schroeter)
| 0 Erik Naggum <er...@naggum.no>
There is an interesting bug from an amusing malassumption in your script.
--
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.