- First name: Barry 
  
- Last name: Margolin 
  
- Email address: REMOVED
  
- Home page: 
  
- Phone number(s): (home) 781-648-7611 
  
- Postal code: 02474 
  
- City: Arlington, MA 
  
- Country: USA 
  
- Organization(s) you work for or study at 
 (please supply the name and city for each organization): 
  
- Fields of interest 
 (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software, 
  medicine, bioinformatics): 
System administration, networking, user utilities 
  
- Have you written any Lisp-related papers? If so, please supply 
 bibliographical references (and URL's, if possible). 
  
- Have you developed or participated in the development of any 
 Lisp-related programs or libraries? If so, please supply a URL, 
 if possible. 
  
- Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan): 
Maclisp, Common Lisp, Emacs Lisp 
  
- Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the 
 near future: 
Emacs Lisp 
  
- Lisp implementations you have used 
 (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp): 
ITS Maclisp, Multics Maclisp, Symbolics Common Lisp, GNU Emacs Lisp 
  
- Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use 
 in the near future: 
GNU Emacs Lisp 
  
- Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: 
  
- Number of years of experience with Lisp: 
24 
  
- Do you use Lisp: 
 - at work (if so, how much) 
Yes, occasionally. 
 - for study (if so, how much) No. 
 - as a hobby (if so, how much) No. 
  
- Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to? 
No. 
 If not, why not? 
Not appropriate in the environments I've been in. 
  
- Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what 
 is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)? 
Poor reputation of Lisp in the computing community. 
  
- Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? 
Yes. 
  
- Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? 
N/A -- not currently employed. 
  
- Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings? 
No. 
 If so, where and how often? 
 If not, would you be interested in such meetings? 
No.