- First name: David - Last name: Russinoff - Email address: REMOVED - Home page: russinoff.com/david - Phone number(s): (512) 602-6741 - Postal code: 78703 - City: Austin, TX - Country: US - Organization(s) you work for or study at (please supply the name and city for each organization): AMD - Fields of interest (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software, medicine, bioinformatics): Hardware specification and verification - Have you written any Lisp-related papers? If so, please supply bibliographical references (and URL's, if possible). russinoff.com/david/publications.html - 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, Zetalisp, 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): A bunch - Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use in the near future: Allegro - Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: HP workstation - Number of years of experience with Lisp: 23 - Do you use Lisp: - at work (if so, how much) - for study (if so, how much) - as a hobby (if so, how much) at work, most of the time - Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to? If not, why not? Yes - Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)? Folks are put off by the syntax as well as the functional programming paradigm - Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? Yes, whenever I lose my present job - Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? No - Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings? If so, where and how often? If not, would you be interested in such meetings? No, No - Do you know any other Lispers who might be willing to fill in this questionnaire (please supply their email-address if you do)? No