Statistics for comp.lang.perl.misc #61

Following is a summary of articles spanning a 7 day period, beginning at 04 Oct 2004 12:41:34 GMT and ending at 11 Oct 2004 12:13:22 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+>|\+\+)/. - 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" email address and name. - Original Content Rating (OCR) is the ratio of the original content volume to the total body volume. - Find the News-Scan distribution on the CPAN! <URL:http://www.perl.com/CPAN/modules/by-module/News/> - Please send all comments to Greg Bacon <gbacon@cs.uah.edu>. - Copyright (c) 2004 Greg Bacon. Verbatim copying and redistribution is permitted without royalty; alteration is not permitted. Redistribution and/or use for any commercial purpose is prohibited. Excluded Posters ================ perlfaq-suggestions\@(?:.*\.)?perl\.com faq\@(?:.*\.)?denver\.pm\.org comdog\@panix\.com Totals ====== Posters: 175 Articles: 556 (205 with cutlined signatures) Threads: 116 Volume generated: 1125.3 kb - headers: 516.0 kb (9,493 lines) - bodies: 576.1 kb (19,241 lines) - original: 351.1 kb (12,620 lines) - signatures: 32.6 kb (642 lines) Original Content Rating: 0.609 Averages ======== Posts per poster: 3.2 median: 2 posts mode: 1 post - 80 posters s: 4.6 posts Posts per thread: 4.8 median: 3.0 posts mode: 2 posts - 23 threads s: 4.6 posts Message size: 2072.5 bytes - header: 950.4 bytes (17.1 lines) - body: 1061.1 bytes (34.6 lines) - original: 646.6 bytes (22.7 lines) - signature: 60.1 bytes (1.2 lines) Top 20 Posters by Number of Posts ================================= (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Posts Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address ----- -------------------------- ------- 39 114.6 ( 45.1/ 64.4/ 52.3) tadmc@augustmail.com 25 49.4 ( 19.2/ 30.2/ 15.6) Anno Siegel <anno4000@lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de> 22 44.7 ( 20.6/ 24.1/ 13.1) "Paul Lalli" <mritty@gmail.com> 20 41.5 ( 19.2/ 18.7/ 16.0) abigail@abigail.nl 16 32.7 ( 17.4/ 15.3/ 9.0) Brian McCauley <nobull@mail.com> 15 36.5 ( 14.6/ 17.8/ 6.5) John Bokma <postmaster@castleamber.com> 14 23.1 ( 14.4/ 8.6/ 4.8) Joe Smith <Joe.Smith@inwap.com> 14 28.4 ( 11.6/ 13.6/ 6.7) Ben Morrow <usenet@morrow.me.uk> 13 25.8 ( 12.2/ 10.6/ 3.9) Uri Guttman <uri@stemsystems.com> 11 33.3 ( 11.9/ 21.3/ 16.9) Mark J Fenbers <Mark.Fenbers@noaa.gov> 11 21.4 ( 12.8/ 8.6/ 4.2) "nntp" <nntp@rogers.com> 10 14.5 ( 8.1/ 5.7/ 2.7) Gunnar Hjalmarsson <noreply@gunnar.cc> 8 16.3 ( 5.3/ 10.0/ 3.9) ctcgag@hotmail.com 8 18.7 ( 8.6/ 10.1/ 6.8) Shawn Corey <shawn.corey@sympatico.ca> 7 15.4 ( 6.0/ 9.4/ 4.9) "A. Sinan Unur" <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid> 7 11.0 ( 5.1/ 4.2/ 2.9) Michele Dondi <bik.mido@tiscalinet.it> 6 10.3 ( 5.3/ 4.2/ 2.5) toreau@gmail.com 6 12.8 ( 6.2/ 6.4/ 1.8) "John W. Krahn" <krahnj@telus.net> 6 11.2 ( 4.5/ 6.7/ 5.1) Fatted <fatted@gmail.com> 6 14.0 ( 7.3/ 6.6/ 4.6) "Brad Walton" <sammie-nospam@greatergreen.com> These posters accounted for 47.5% of all articles. Top 20 Posters by Number of Followups ===================================== (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Followups Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Address --------- -------------------------- ------- 37 114.6 ( 45.1/ 64.4/ 52.3) tadmc@augustmail.com 24 49.4 ( 19.2/ 30.2/ 15.6) Anno Siegel <anno4000@lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de> 22 44.7 ( 20.6/ 24.1/ 13.1) "Paul Lalli" <mritty@gmail.com> 20 41.5 ( 19.2/ 18.7/ 16.0) abigail@abigail.nl 16 32.7 ( 17.4/ 15.3/ 9.0) Brian McCauley <nobull@mail.com> 15 36.5 ( 14.6/ 17.8/ 6.5) John Bokma <postmaster@castleamber.com> 14 23.1 ( 14.4/ 8.6/ 4.8) Joe Smith <Joe.Smith@inwap.com> 14 28.4 ( 11.6/ 13.6/ 6.7) Ben Morrow <usenet@morrow.me.uk> 13 25.8 ( 12.2/ 10.6/ 3.9) Uri Guttman <uri@stemsystems.com> 10 14.5 ( 8.1/ 5.7/ 2.7) Gunnar Hjalmarsson <noreply@gunnar.cc> 9 33.3 ( 11.9/ 21.3/ 16.9) Mark J Fenbers <Mark.Fenbers@noaa.gov> 8 16.3 ( 5.3/ 10.0/ 3.9) ctcgag@hotmail.com 8 18.7 ( 8.6/ 10.1/ 6.8) Shawn Corey <shawn.corey@sympatico.ca> 7 11.0 ( 5.1/ 4.2/ 2.9) Michele Dondi <bik.mido@tiscalinet.it> 6 10.0 ( 5.7/ 4.4/ 2.4) "J�rgen Exner" <jurgenex@hotmail.com> 6 11.1 ( 6.7/ 2.7/ 1.3) "Eric J. Roode" <sdn.girths00869@zoemail.net> 6 10.3 ( 5.3/ 4.2/ 2.5) toreau@gmail.com 6 12.8 ( 6.2/ 6.4/ 1.8) "John W. Krahn" <krahnj@telus.net> 6 15.4 ( 6.0/ 9.4/ 4.9) "A. Sinan Unur" <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid> 5 8.6 ( 4.0/ 4.6/ 0.9) Gregory Toomey <nospam@bigpond.com> These posters accounted for 54.3% of all followups. Top 20 Posters by Volume ======================== (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Address -------------------------- ----- ------- 114.6 ( 45.1/ 64.4/ 52.3) 39 tadmc@augustmail.com 49.4 ( 19.2/ 30.2/ 15.6) 25 Anno Siegel <anno4000@lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de> 44.7 ( 20.6/ 24.1/ 13.1) 22 "Paul Lalli" <mritty@gmail.com> 41.5 ( 19.2/ 18.7/ 16.0) 20 abigail@abigail.nl 36.5 ( 14.6/ 17.8/ 6.5) 15 John Bokma <postmaster@castleamber.com> 33.3 ( 11.9/ 21.3/ 16.9) 11 Mark J Fenbers <Mark.Fenbers@noaa.gov> 32.7 ( 17.4/ 15.3/ 9.0) 16 Brian McCauley <nobull@mail.com> 28.4 ( 11.6/ 13.6/ 6.7) 14 Ben Morrow <usenet@morrow.me.uk> 25.8 ( 12.2/ 10.6/ 3.9) 13 Uri Guttman <uri@stemsystems.com> 23.1 ( 14.4/ 8.6/ 4.8) 14 Joe Smith <Joe.Smith@inwap.com> 21.4 ( 12.8/ 8.6/ 4.2) 11 "nntp" <nntp@rogers.com> 18.7 ( 8.6/ 10.1/ 6.8) 8 Shawn Corey <shawn.corey@sympatico.ca> 16.3 ( 5.3/ 10.0/ 3.9) 8 ctcgag@hotmail.com 15.4 ( 6.0/ 9.4/ 4.9) 7 "A. Sinan Unur" <1usa@llenroc.ude.invalid> 14.5 ( 8.1/ 5.7/ 2.7) 10 Gunnar Hjalmarsson <noreply@gunnar.cc> 14.0 ( 7.3/ 6.6/ 4.6) 6 "Brad Walton" <sammie-nospam@greatergreen.com> 12.8 ( 6.2/ 6.4/ 1.8) 6 "John W. Krahn" <krahnj@telus.net> 11.8 ( 4.4/ 7.3/ 3.1) 5 sholden@cs.usyd.edu.au 11.2 ( 5.0/ 6.2/ 2.5) 4 l v <lv@aol.com> 11.2 ( 4.5/ 6.7/ 5.1) 6 Fatted <fatted@gmail.com> These posters accounted for 51.3% of the total volume. Top 12 Posters by Volume of Original Content (min. ten posts) ============================================================= (kb) Posts orig Address ----- ----- ------- 39 52.3 tadmc@augustmail.com 11 16.9 Mark J Fenbers <Mark.Fenbers@noaa.gov> 20 16.0 abigail@abigail.nl 25 15.6 Anno Siegel <anno4000@lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de> 22 13.1 "Paul Lalli" <mritty@gmail.com> 16 9.0 Brian McCauley <nobull@mail.com> 14 6.7 Ben Morrow <usenet@morrow.me.uk> 15 6.5 John Bokma <postmaster@castleamber.com> 14 4.8 Joe Smith <Joe.Smith@inwap.com> 11 4.2 "nntp" <nntp@rogers.com> 13 3.9 Uri Guttman <uri@stemsystems.com> 10 2.7 Gunnar Hjalmarsson <noreply@gunnar.cc> These posters accounted for 43.2% of the original volume. Top 12 Posters by OCR (minimum of ten posts) ============================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address ----- -------------- ----- ------- 0.857 ( 16.0 / 18.7) 20 abigail@abigail.nl 0.812 ( 52.3 / 64.4) 39 tadmc@augustmail.com 0.793 ( 16.9 / 21.3) 11 Mark J Fenbers <Mark.Fenbers@noaa.gov> 0.590 ( 9.0 / 15.3) 16 Brian McCauley <nobull@mail.com> 0.553 ( 4.8 / 8.6) 14 Joe Smith <Joe.Smith@inwap.com> 0.543 ( 13.1 / 24.1) 22 "Paul Lalli" <mritty@gmail.com> 0.518 ( 15.6 / 30.2) 25 Anno Siegel <anno4000@lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de> 0.495 ( 6.7 / 13.6) 14 Ben Morrow <usenet@morrow.me.uk> 0.488 ( 4.2 / 8.6) 11 "nntp" <nntp@rogers.com> 0.474 ( 2.7 / 5.7) 10 Gunnar Hjalmarsson <noreply@gunnar.cc> 0.371 ( 3.9 / 10.6) 13 Uri Guttman <uri@stemsystems.com> 0.364 ( 6.5 / 17.8) 15 John Bokma <postmaster@castleamber.com> Bottom 12 Posters by OCR (minimum of ten posts) =============================================== (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Address ----- -------------- ----- ------- 0.857 ( 16.0 / 18.7) 20 abigail@abigail.nl 0.812 ( 52.3 / 64.4) 39 tadmc@augustmail.com 0.793 ( 16.9 / 21.3) 11 Mark J Fenbers <Mark.Fenbers@noaa.gov> 0.590 ( 9.0 / 15.3) 16 Brian McCauley <nobull@mail.com> 0.553 ( 4.8 / 8.6) 14 Joe Smith <Joe.Smith@inwap.com> 0.543 ( 13.1 / 24.1) 22 "Paul Lalli" <mritty@gmail.com> 0.518 ( 15.6 / 30.2) 25 Anno Siegel <anno4000@lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de> 0.495 ( 6.7 / 13.6) 14 Ben Morrow <usenet@morrow.me.uk> 0.488 ( 4.2 / 8.6) 11 "nntp" <nntp@rogers.com> 0.474 ( 2.7 / 5.7) 10 Gunnar Hjalmarsson <noreply@gunnar.cc> 0.371 ( 3.9 / 10.6) 13 Uri Guttman <uri@stemsystems.com> 0.364 ( 6.5 / 17.8) 15 John Bokma <postmaster@castleamber.com> 12 posters (6%) had at least ten posts. Top 20 Threads by Number of Posts ================================= Posts Subject ----- ------- 27 Top 10 list algorithm 24 Is PHP still slower than Perl? 20 Getopt::Long install problems 16 How to prevent the removal of \ from pairs of \\? 15 Regular Expression help please 14 Using a string as a variable name. 14 linked list for string class 11 Running vi from Perl 11 C (I think) to Perl Conversion 11 FAQ: How can I read in an entire file all at once? 10 How do I merge two arrays or two strings? 10 How to capture output of CVS via Perl? 10 Regex gurus question 10 Which Counter is Perfect? 9 Error.pm and DBI.pm problem 9 To Tad: Great perl class, and question 9 regex error 8 How do I Capitalize the first letter? 8 How to flush a stinkin' socket? 8 How Google/Amazon/eBay use? These threads accounted for 45.7% of all articles. Top 20 Threads by Volume ======================== (kb) (kb) (kb) (kb) Volume ( hdr/ body/ orig) Posts Subject -------------------------- ----- ------- 63.1 ( 25.9/ 34.2/ 15.1) 24 Is PHP still slower than Perl? 60.0 ( 22.7/ 35.6/ 23.4) 27 Top 10 list algorithm 53.2 ( 21.4/ 31.3/ 22.7) 20 Getopt::Long install problems 34.3 ( 15.2/ 18.5/ 13.7) 15 Regular Expression help please 34.2 ( 1.9/ 32.3/ 32.3) 2 Posting Guidelines for comp.lang.perl.misc ($Revision: 1.5 $) 29.5 ( 11.4/ 17.7/ 9.5) 11 C (I think) to Perl Conversion 28.3 ( 15.1/ 11.8/ 6.3) 16 How to prevent the removal of \ from pairs of \\? 25.9 ( 13.8/ 10.4/ 5.2) 14 Using a string as a variable name. 22.6 ( 12.3/ 9.5/ 4.9) 14 linked list for string class 22.4 ( 10.0/ 11.7/ 6.6) 10 Which Counter is Perfect? 22.2 ( 9.8/ 10.4/ 4.8) 11 FAQ: How can I read in an entire file all at once? 21.5 ( 10.8/ 10.0/ 5.6) 10 How do I merge two arrays or two strings? 19.9 ( 7.6/ 11.6/ 6.5) 8 While query 18.9 ( 9.8/ 8.4/ 5.1) 10 Regex gurus question 18.8 ( 10.1/ 7.9/ 4.7) 11 Running vi from Perl 18.3 ( 9.7/ 8.0/ 4.0) 9 regex error 17.8 ( 9.0/ 7.6/ 3.9) 10 How to capture output of CVS via Perl? 17.1 ( 7.4/ 9.7/ 6.0) 8 How to flush a stinkin' socket? 16.0 ( 6.1/ 9.6/ 5.2) 6 perl net::ldap problem using variable eg attr => [ $v1,$v2..] 15.9 ( 9.1/ 5.6/ 2.6) 9 To Tad: Great perl class, and question These threads accounted for 49.7% of the total volume. Top 14 Threads by OCR (minimum of ten posts) ============================================ (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject ----- -------------- ----- ------- 0.741 ( 13.7/ 18.5) 15 Regular Expression help please 0.723 ( 22.7/ 31.3) 20 Getopt::Long install problems 0.658 ( 23.4/ 35.6) 27 Top 10 list algorithm 0.616 ( 5.1/ 8.4) 10 Regex gurus question 0.594 ( 4.7/ 7.9) 11 Running vi from Perl 0.567 ( 6.6/ 11.7) 10 Which Counter is Perfect? 0.563 ( 5.6/ 10.0) 10 How do I merge two arrays or two strings? 0.537 ( 9.5/ 17.7) 11 C (I think) to Perl Conversion 0.535 ( 6.3/ 11.8) 16 How to prevent the removal of \ from pairs of \\? 0.519 ( 4.9/ 9.5) 14 linked list for string class 0.511 ( 3.9/ 7.6) 10 How to capture output of CVS via Perl? 0.502 ( 5.2/ 10.4) 14 Using a string as a variable name. 0.459 ( 4.8/ 10.4) 11 FAQ: How can I read in an entire file all at once? 0.441 ( 15.1/ 34.2) 24 Is PHP still slower than Perl? Bottom 14 Threads by OCR (minimum of ten posts) =============================================== (kb) (kb) OCR orig / body Posts Subject ----- -------------- ----- ------- 0.741 ( 13.7 / 18.5) 15 Regular Expression help please 0.723 ( 22.7 / 31.3) 20 Getopt::Long install problems 0.658 ( 23.4 / 35.6) 27 Top 10 list algorithm 0.616 ( 5.1 / 8.4) 10 Regex gurus question 0.594 ( 4.7 / 7.9) 11 Running vi from Perl 0.567 ( 6.6 / 11.7) 10 Which Counter is Perfect? 0.563 ( 5.6 / 10.0) 10 How do I merge two arrays or two strings? 0.537 ( 9.5 / 17.7) 11 C (I think) to Perl Conversion 0.535 ( 6.3 / 11.8) 16 How to prevent the removal of \ from pairs of \\? 0.519 ( 4.9 / 9.5) 14 linked list for string class 0.511 ( 3.9 / 7.6) 10 How to capture output of CVS via Perl? 0.502 ( 5.2 / 10.4) 14 Using a string as a variable name. 0.459 ( 4.8 / 10.4) 11 FAQ: How can I read in an entire file all at once? 0.441 ( 15.1 / 34.2) 24 Is PHP still slower than Perl? 14 threads (12%) had at least ten posts. Top 4 Targets for Crossposts ============================ Articles Newsgroup -------- --------- 29 comp.lang.php 21 comp.lang.perl.modules 4 comp.databases.oracle.misc 1 comp.lang.perl Top 20 Crossposters =================== Articles Address -------- ------- 10 Mark J Fenbers <Mark.Fenbers@noaa.gov> 5 John Bokma <postmaster@castleamber.com> 4 Tim Tyler <tim@tt1lock.org> 4 Harry <harryooopotter@hotmail.co_> 2 krakle <krakle@visto.com> 2 "Jarson" <jarsonk@nospam.com> 2 Brad Shinoda <oracle.shinoda@gmail.com> 2 Joe Smith <Joe.Smith@inwap.com> 2 Kevin Thorpe <kevin@pricetrak.com> 2 Chris Hope <blackhole@electrictoolbox.com> 2 "Tony Marston" <tony@marston-home.demon.co.uk> 1 Jason Clifford <jason@ukpost.com> 1 ? the Platypus {aka David Formosa} <dformosa@zeta.org.au> 1 "Markus Ernst" <derernst@NO#SP#AMgmx.ch> 1 tadmc@augustmail.com 1 Jean-Luc Fontaine <jfontain@free.fr> 1 "Doug B" <yeah@right.com> 1 "Eric J. Roode" <sdn.girths00869@zoemail.net> 1 Gerhard M <notruf_1102003@yahoo.de> 1 Anno Siegel <anno4000@lublin.zrz.tu-berlin.de>