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Please note I would like to keep a presence in two countries so have

supplied two sets of contact info.  Perhaps I can give lisp a boost in

Melbourne and Vancouver...

 

Coby

 

> - Phone number(s):

+61(3)9580 3336

> - Postal code:

3195

> - City:

Melbourne

> - State or province:

VIC

> - Country:

Australia

 

> --------------- Lisp Users Questionnaire -----------------------------

>  

> - First name:

Coby

> - Last name:

Beck

> - Email address:

REMOVED

> - Phone number(s):

+1(604)714-1370

> - Postal code:

V6B 6A7

> - City:

Vancouver

> - State or province:

BC

> - Country:

Canada

> - Organization(s) you work for or study at

>   (please supply the name and city for each organization):

Van Ek Contracting Pty, Melbourne, Australia

> - Fields of interest

>   (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software,

>    medicine, bioinformatics):

Code generation

Data translation

Business Software

Requirements Engineering

Domain Specific language design

> - 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.

Magellan Crew Control server software www.mercury.bc.ca

"UDT" automated data conversion middleware component www.opentechgroup.com

Choice Optimization and Behavioural Analysis Software www.memetrics.com.au

THEG - database schema and web interface code generator

www.thesoftwaresmith.com

Vanek Project Management - financial tracking web application designed and

implemented via

      lisp code generating tool.  www.vec.com.au

> - Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan):

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):

CLisp, Allegro Common Lisp, Lispworks.

> - Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use

>   in the near future:

Lispworks, CLisp

> - Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp:

Windows XP, Linux

> - Number of years of experience with Lisp:

6 years

> - Experience with other programming languages (please supply the

>   number of years and the name of the language):

SQL   - 6

VB    - 3

C/C++ - 2

HTML  - 6

DTML  - 2

Java  - 1

Python- 1

> - Total number of years of programming experience:

6

> - Do you use Lisp:

>   - at work (if so, how much)

80% of full time employment

>   - for study (if so, how much)

~4 hour/wk, nothing formal though

>   - as a hobby (if so, how much)

~4 hours/week

> - Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to?

>   If not, why not?

Yes (lucky me! ;)

> - Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what

>   is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)?

Misinformation and general FUD

> - Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work?

Yes and yes

> - Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers?

I believe we soon will be (8 months to a year from now)

> - Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings?

>   If so, where and how often?

>   If not, would you be interested in such meetings?

It is a lack of time, not of interest but I doubt I would participate much

ATM.

> - 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)?

>  

> - Do you know people who may be interested in learning Lisp

>   (please supply their names and email-addresses if you do)?