> - First name: 
Alain 
 > - Last name: 
Picard 
 > - Email address: 
REMOVED
 > - Phone number(s): 
61-2-9556-0832 
 > - Postal code: 
  
 > - City: 
Sydney 
 > - Country: 
Australia 
 > - Organization(s) you work for or study at 
Memetrics Pty Ltd 
Sydney 
 > 
 > - Fields of interest 
"Real World" software development. 
  
 > - Have you written any Lisp-related papers? If so, please supply 
 >  bibliographical references (and URL's, if possible). 
No. 
  
 > - Have you developed or participated in the development of any 
 >  Lisp-related programs or libraries? If so, please supply a URL, 
 >  if possible. 
  
XOS, Memetrics's flagship product.  http://www.memetrics.com 
Postgresql extension to LW's CommonSQL.  (proprietary) 
  
And, at http://members.optusnet.com.au/apicard/ 
  
A blowfish encryption program     (LLGPL) 
An SQLITE interface          (LLGPL) 
A CSV parser              (LLGPL) 
  
I might be forgetting some. 
  
 > - Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan): 
ANSI CL. 
  
 > - Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the 
 >  near future: 
ANSI CL. 
  
 > - Lisp implementations you have used 
 >  (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp): 
Lispworks Pro.  CMUCL. 
  
 > - Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use 
 >  in the near future: 
LW Pro. 
  
 > - Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: 
  
Linux, Win32. 
  
 > - Number of years of experience with Lisp: 
  
5. 
  
 > - Do you use Lisp: 
 >  - at work (if so, how much) 
Yes, 80% of my time. 
  
 > - Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to? 
Yes. 
  
 > - Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what 
 >  is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)? 
  
Several.  Of course, Lisp growth is not necessarily such 
a desireable thing, IMO. 
  
Obstacles: 
  
* Dominance of companies whose survival depends on 
  keeping the population in a state of toxic dependency 
  on their (by design) broken products. 
  
* Hopeless state of the "software engineering" (SIC) profession 
  
* lack of commercial champion for CL (though, in the very long run, 
  this may be a good thing) 
  
 > - Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? 
No, I have one.  
  
 > - Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? 
Yes, occasionally. 
  
 > - Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings? 
No. 
  
 >  If not, would you be interested in such meetings? 
If they were easily accessible, perhaps.