- First name: Ann
 
- Last name: Copestake
 
- Email address: REMOVED
 
- Phone number(s):
 
- Postal code: 
 
- City: Cambridge
 
- State or province:
 
- Country: UK
 
- Organization(s) you work for or study at
  (please supply the name and city for each organization):
 
University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory
 
- Fields of interest
  (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software,
   medicine, bioinformatics):
 
computational linguistics
 
- 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.
 
I have developed a considerable amount of software in Lisp - see
especially http://www-csli.stanford.edu/~aac/lkb.html
(and http://cslipublications.stanford.edu/lkb.html)
 
- Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan):
 
Cambridge Lisp, Interlisp, Common Lisp
 
- 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):
 
 
- Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use
  in the near future:
 
Allegro Common Lisp
 
- Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp:
 
Linux, Windows
 
- Number of years of experience with Lisp:
 
20
 
- 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, for the majority of the programming that I do myself
 
- Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to?
  If not, why not?
 
I'm using it as much as I'd like to - I would prefer that it were easier for 
people working with me to use it too.  The main problem is that few people 
know it in sufficient depth.
 
- Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what
  is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)?
 
Lisp is rarely taught at university.  Lack of common graphics standard. 
Expense of commercial implementations.  Huge image sizes. 
 
- Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work?
 
No
 
- Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers?
 
Sometimes, but generally only if they have a background in computational 
linguistics or related areas.  All jobs are advertised on standard 
computational linguistics mailing lists (e.g., Linguist list) and I don't want 
to be emailed about jobs unless we have a currently advertised vacancy.
 
- Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings?
  If so, where and how often?
  If not, would you be interested in such meetings?
 
No, probably not