- First name:  Andrew
 
- Last name: Cristina
 
- Email address: REMOVED
 
- Phone number(s): (504) 280-2403 (Lab phone.  Usually there Tuesdays and
Thursdays in the afternoon.
 
- Postal code:
 
- City: New Orleans
 
- State or province: LA
 
- Country: USA
 
- Organization(s) you work for or study at
  (please supply the name and city for each organization):
    University of New Orleans, New Orleans LA
 
- Fields of interest
  (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software,
   medicine, bioinformatics):
   Programming languages, Multi Agent simulation systems, multi agent
collaboration and control systems.
 
- Have you written any Lisp-related papers? If so, please supply
  bibliographical references (and URL's, if possible).
  Nope
 
- Have you developed or participated in the development of any
  Lisp-related programs or libraries? If so, please supply a URL,
  if possible.
  I developed some support software for my research group and an
undergraduate AI class, using lisp to write agents for a multi agent
collaborative enviornment.  I'd supply a link, but its not really worth
showing off.  It was one of my first lisp programs.
 
- Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan):
  Common Lisp, scheme, a small small amount of elisp
 
- Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the
  near future:
  Common Lisp, maybe scheme as a scripting language.
 
- Lisp implementations you have used
  (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp):
  CMUCL, Lispworks, Corman, SBCL, Allegro, OpenMCL, Clisp
 
- Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use
  in the near future:
  CMUCL, Lispworks, CLisp
 
- Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp:
  Linux x86, Win32
 
- Number of years of experience with Lisp:
  1
 
- Experience with other programming languages (please supply the
  number of years and the name of the language):
  Basic - 8 (but I gave it up long ago.  Please don't hold it against me)
  C - 8 (Still use)
  C++ - 6 (Still use :-( )
  Java - 5 (Don't really use as of last semester.  Thank you God.)
  Scheme - 2 (Its not really *lisp*, is it?)
 
- Total number of years of programming experience:
  12
 
- Do you use Lisp:
  - at work (if so, how much)
  - for study (if so, how much)
  - as a hobby (if so, how much)
    At work, almost exclusively.
    For study, not as much as I used to.  I'm pretty much done with my
undergraduate CS work.  Although I do try to use it for some of my math
classes.
    As a hobby, all the time.  My pet project is a SRPG for the dreamcast
in some variant of lisp.
 
- Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to?
  If not, why not?
    No, mostly because I'm not getting as much work done as I'd like to.
 
- Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what
  is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)?
   If you mean further popularity, eliminating lisp myths would be a good
starting point.  Many people I talk to about lisp still have
misconceptions about data structures, variables, side effects, loops, and
even simple things like lexical closures inside of dynamically generated
condition handlers (i.e., big words).
   It also wouldn't hurt to have a more standard way of doing a
multi-threaded application, since the languages lisp has to compete
against (for popularity) have a standard way of doing it.  Standard as in
common practice.
 
- Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work?
    I would be very interested in lisp related work.
 
- Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers?
    As far as I can tell, no.
 
- Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings?
  If so, where and how often?
  If not, would you be interested in such meetings?
   I am not currently participating in any lisp related meetings, but I
would be happy to.