> - First name: 
  
David 
  
 > 
 > - Last name: 
  
Cooper 
  
 > 
 > - Email address: 
  
REMOVED
  
 > 
 > - Phone number(s): 
  
+1 248-737-8835, +1 248-330-2979 
  
 > 
 > - Postal code: 
  
280 N Old Woodward, Suite 217 
  
 > 
 > - City: 
  
Birmingham 
  
 > 
 > - State or province: 
  
MI 48009 
  
 > 
 > - Country: 
  
USA 
  
 > 
 > - Organization(s) you work for or study at 
 >  (please supply the name and city for each organization): 
  
Genworks International 
  
 > 
 > - Fields of interest 
 >  (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software, 
 >   medicine, bioinformatics): 
 > 
  
Engineering software, knowledge-based engineering, embedded languages, 
macros 
  
 > - Have you written any Lisp-related papers? If so, please supply 
 >  bibliographical references (and URL's, if possible). 
 > 
  
http://www.franz.com/resources/educational_resources/cooper.book.pdf 
http://www.genworks.com/downloads/tutorial.pdf 
  
 > - Have you developed or participated in the development of any 
 >  Lisp-related programs or libraries? If so, please supply a URL, 
 >  if possible. 
 > 
  
www.genworks.com 
www.genworks.com/downloads/gdl-pamphlet.pdf 
www.genworks.com/papers/product-descriptions.pdf 
  
 > - 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): 
 > 
  
Allegro Common Lisp, Lispworks, CMUCL 
  
 > - 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, MS Windows 
  
  
 > - Number of years of experience with Lisp: 
 > 
  
14 
  
 > - Experience with other programming languages (please supply the 
 >  number of years and the name of the language): 
 > 
  
BASIC 2 
Pascal 2 
C/C++ 4 
Perl 4 
FORTRAN 1/5 
  
  
 > - Total number of years of programming experience: 
 > 
  
16 
  
 > - Do you use Lisp: 
 >  - at work (if so, how much) 
  
40-50 hours per week 
  
 >  - for study (if so, how much) 
 >  - as a hobby (if so, how much) 
 > 
 > - Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to? 
  
No. 
  
 >  If not, why not? 
  
Time constraints due to business/marketing activities, family and 
social obligations, etc. 
  
 > 
 > - Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what is 
 > the biggest obstacle in your opinion)? 
 > 
  
Perception, perception, perception. 
  
 > - Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? 
 > 
  
Yes (my company actually creates and sells a Lisp-based development 
environment. Rather than taking on "contract work" for end-user 
applications ourselves, we tend to refer such work out to our customer 
base who use our GDL/GWL product rather than raw Lisp). 
  
 > - Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? 
 > 
  
Not at the moment but from time to time this is possible. 
  
 > - Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings? 
 >  If so, where and how often? 
  
Nothing local in Detroit metro area, but i have attended: 
  
LUGM 1998 San Francisco 
ELUGM 1999 Amsterdam 
LUGM 1999 San Francisco 
JLUGM 2000 Tokyo 
Franz Developer Conference 2001 Boston 
ILC 2002 San Francisco 
ILC 2003 New York City 
  
 >  If not, would you be interested in such meetings? 
 > 
  
I would definitely be interested in local meetings in Southeast 
Michigan.