- First name: David
 
- Middle name: Duncan
 
- Last name: Smith
 
- Email address: REMOVED
 
- Phone number(s):  +1-603-644-4500
 
- Postal code: 03036
 
- City: Chester
 
- State or province: New Hampshire
 
- Country: USA
 
- Organization(s) you work for or study at
   (please supply the name and city for each organization):
 
Parallel Simulation Technology, LLC
Auburn, NH
 
- Fields of interest
   (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software,
    medicine, bioinformatics):
 
system architecture
software architecture
compiler front end, back end
embedded systems
Parallel Inference Machine
DSP
 
- 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.
 
Flavors Parallel Inference Machine and Paracell Navigator
http://www.parallelsimulationtechnology.com
 
alpha/beta test and fixes for MCL
Golden Common Lisp 386 model, kernel internals, GC, evaluator, builtins
Golden Common Lisp 286 kernel work
iPSC Concurrent Common Lisp kernel OS interface, file system
 
- Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan):
 
Common LISP
GCLISP
 
- 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):
 
Macintosh Common Lisp
Franz Allegro Common Lisp
Lispworks for Windows
 
XLISP
XLISP Stat
 
GCLISP386
GCLISP
iPSC CCLISP
 
- Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use
   in the near future:
 
Macintosh Common Lisp
Lispworks for Windows
OpenMCL
 
- Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp:
 
Apple Macintosh
Windows XP
 
- Number of years of experience with Lisp:
 
20
 
- Experience with other programming languages (please supply the
   number of years and the name of the language):
 
30 various assembly languages,  PCODE, microcode
30 various JCL, and Script languages
25 specialized languages
23 C
20 Lisp, LAP (LASM), and languages built on them for parsing, code generation, etc.
16 FORTH (and FASL, FIL)
16 Paracell
12 C++
  7 PL/1, PLP, PL/M
  7 Fortran
  2 Java
 
- Total number of years of programming experience:
 
30
 
- Do you use Lisp:
   - at work (if so, how much)
 
Yes, almost exclusively.
 
   - for study (if so, how much)
   - as a hobby (if so, how much)
 
Yes, but not lately.
 
- Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to?
   If not, why not?
 
- Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what
   is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)?
 
- Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work?
 
Yes.
 
- Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers?
 
- Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings?
   If so, where and how often?
   If not, would you be interested in such meetings?
 
No, but may be interested in local events.
 
- 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)?