ÿþ> - First name: > Andrew > - Last name: > Wolven > - Email address: > I have an email address. > - Phone number(s): > I have a phone number, email me to get it. > - Postal code: > 60010 > - City: > Deer Park > - State or province: > Illinois > - Country: > USA > - Organization(s) you work for or study at > (please supply the name and city for each organization): > Currently at College of Lake County (Illinois) transfering to University of Illinois at Chicago this fall (2004) - as long as I can get financial aid! - Mechanical Engineering Program > - Fields of interest > (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software, > medicine, bioinformatics): > Computer Aided Design/Drafting, Knowledge Based Engineering, Web development I'm trying to soak up as much information as I can of programming geometry, nurbs, solid modelers, OpenGL & other graphics toolkits, GUI's, mechanical design, language design, and C/C++. One can dive in and swim for miles in any direction with this stuff and can easily dedicate all of your time to them. So, for now I'm sticking with mechanical engineering since there seems to be a [modest] market for KBE applications which can be developed with small teams. I would very much like to find out if there are any people out there that share these interests. (doing it in lisp, of course) > - 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. > Working on Allegro CL to Autocad via COM interface, to be released soon. Also, as an extension to that, I am working on an interface that connects Genworks GDL to Autocad. > - Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan): > Common Lisp, AutoLisp > - Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the > near future: > Common Lisp > - Lisp implementations you have used > (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp): > Allegro CL, Genera (CMUCL & Lispworks briefly) > - Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use > in the near future: > Allegro CL, Lispworks, Corman, SBCL > - Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: > Windows XP & 2000 > - Number of years of experience with Lisp: > 7 years (mostly amateur experience, except for a few dynamic websites) > - Experience with other programming languages (please supply the > number of years and the name of the language): > BASIC (IBM PCjr) C++ 1.5 years (sparingly) have touched Fortran, Pascal, Visual Basic, Java, Javascript, x86 assembly. > - Total number of years of programming experience: > 7 > - Do you use Lisp: > - at work (if so, how much) No. > - for study (if so, how much) No. > - as a hobby (if so, how much) > Whenever I get a chance, average about 5-10 hrs/week > - Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to? > If not, why not? > No, I'm currently a full time student in a non-C.S. major. > - Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what > is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)? > I thought I knew, but really I don't. I sit here in a daze and wonder 'why isn't everybody everybody using Common Lisp and/or Scheme?'. Perhaps someone with a PhD in Computer Science and a background in business management could tell me. > - Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? > Yes, but really No. I want to get a bachelors degree first. > - Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? > What's Lisp? > - Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings? No. (Went to ILC 2002 San Francisco, but currently school schedule interferes.) > If so, where and how often? > If not, would you be interested in such meetings? > Yes if they are in the Chicago area or within reasonable driving distance of Chicago, i.e. Milwaukee, Detroit.) Yes if they fall between school semesters. > - Do you know any other Lispers who might be willing to fill in > this questionnaire (please supply their names and email-addresses > if you do)? > No. > - Do you know people who may be interested in learning Lisp > (please supply their names and email-addresses if you do)? > No.