> - First name: 
  
Christian 
  
 > - Last name: 
  
Plaunt 
  
 > - Email address: 
  
REMOVED
  
 > - Phone number(s): 
  
(650) 604-2928 
  
 > - Postal code: 
  
94035 
  
 > - City: 
  
Mountain View, CA 
  
 > - Country: 
  
USA 
  
 > - Organization(s) you work for or study at 
 >  (please supply the name and city for each organization): 
  
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 
  
 > - Fields of interest 
 >  (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software, 
 >   medicine, bioinformatics): 
  
Spacecraft Autonomy 
  
 > - 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): 
  
Common Lisp, some Scheme 
  
 > - Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the 
 >  near future: 
 > 
 > - Lisp implementations you have used 
 >  (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp): 
  
Allegro, Symbolics, CLisp 
  
 > - Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use 
 >  in the near future: 
 > 
 > - Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: 
 > 
 > - Number of years of experience with Lisp: 
  
12 years 
  
 > - Do you use Lisp: 
 >  - at work (if so, how much) 
 >  - for study (if so, how much) 
 >  - as a hobby (if so, how much) 
  
sadly, I have little opportunity these days to use 
lisp for any of these. 
  
 > - Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to? 
 >  If not, why not? 
  
no.  lisp is a hard sell in the current NASA political 
environment. 
  
 > - Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what 
 >  is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)? 
  
the usual myths (i.e., interpreted, slow, etc.). 
  
 > - Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? 
  
possibly... 
  
 > - Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? 
  
there is still some lisp going on here, but not too much. 
  
 > - Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings? 
 >  If so, where and how often? 
 >  If not, would you be interested in such meetings? 
  
sadly, not much time for such extra-curricular activities.