> - First name: 
  
Dave 
  
> - Last name: 
  
Roberts 
  
> - Email address: 
  
REMOVED
  
> - Home page: 
  
http://www.findinglisp.com 
  
> - Phone number(s): 
  
> - Postal code: 
  
94539 
  
> - City: 
  
Fremont, California 
  
> - Country: 
  
USA 
  
> - Organization(s) you work for or study at 
>   (please supply the name and city for each organization): 
  
Inkra Networks Corp., Fremont, CA 
  
> - Fields of interest 
>   (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software, 
>   medicine, bioinformatics): 
  
Software engineering, network infrastructure, marketing, public speaking 
  
> - Have you written any Lisp-related papers? If so, please supply 
>   bibliographical references (and URL's, if possible). 
  
DNS Message Decoding: A case study comparing Java and Common Lisp 
http://www.findinglisp.com/papers/case_study_java_lisp_dns.html 
  
> - Have you developed or participated in the development of any 
>   Lisp-related programs or libraries? If so, please supply a URL, 
>   if possible. 
  
Resolver, an FFI interface to Linux's libresolv.so DNS library. 
http://www.findinglisp.com/packages/ 
  
  
> - Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan): 
  
Common Lisp, Scheme 
  
> - 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): 
  
SBCL, CMUCL, CLISP, very old KCL, MIT Scheme 
  
> - Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use 
>   in the near future: 
  
SBCL 
  
> - Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: 
  
Linux mostly, Windows on my laptop when I travel 
  
  
> - Number of years of experience with Lisp: 
  
6 months 
  
> - 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) 
  
Yes. Maybe 7 hours per week. 
  
> - Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to? 
>   If not, why not? 
  
Yes, given my free time. If I could just sit around programming in Lisp, 
that might be more fun, but I gotta bring home the bacon and I don't get 
paid for programming at work. 
  
> - Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what 
>   is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)? 
  
Probably not qualified to answer yet. 
  
> - Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? 
  
Probably not. 
  
> - Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? 
  
Not right now, but the more I learn, the more I want to. 
  
> - Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings? 
>   If so, where and how often? 
>   If not, would you be interested in such meetings? 
  
Not yet, though I'm looking forward to getting involved with the Bay 
Area Lispniks meetings sometime in the future.