- First name: 
  
Hartmann 
  
- Last name: 
  
Schaffer 
  
- Email address: 
  
REMOVED
  
- Home page: 
  
N/A 
  
- Phone number(s): 
  
+1.519.823.2896 
  
- Postal code: 
  
N1H 4B3 
  
- City: 
  
Guelph 
  
- Country: 
  
Canada 
  
- Organization(s) you work for or study at 
 (please supply the name and city for each organization): 
  
N/A 
  
- Fields of interest 
 (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software, 
  medicine, bioinformatics): 
  
basically anything that's interesting and challenging.  most experience: 
compilers, OS, networking, some business software 
  
- Have you written any Lisp-related papers? If so, please supply 
 bibliographical references (and URL's, if possible). 
  
no 
  
- Have you developed or participated in the development of any 
 Lisp-related programs or libraries? If so, please supply a URL, 
 if possible. 
  
nothing public 
  
- Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan): 
  
Common Lisp, Scheme, some Dylan, franz lisp, xlisp, some elisp 
  
- Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the 
 near future: 
  
Common Lisp, Scheme, maybe some Dylan 
  
- Lisp implementations you have used 
 (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp): 
  
clisp, cmucl, sbcl, ecl, several scheme implementations, gwydion-dylan, 
xlisp, franz lisp, i think lucid at one point 
  
- Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use 
 in the near future: 
  
clisp, cmucl, sbcl, ecl, scsh, bigloo, mzscheme, guile 
  
- Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: 
  
unix (mainly linux) on x86/AMD, maybe PPC soon 
  
- Number of years of experience with Lisp: 
  
first book:  late 1960s 
  
looking at it in informal interest groups: early 1970s 
  
first practical experience: around 1980, since then on and off 
whenever I had a chance using it 
  
- Do you use Lisp: 
 - at work (if so, how much) 
  
Hardly.  I sneak in some internal utility whenever I can get away 
with it 
  
 - for study (if so, how much) 
  
N/A 
  
 - as a hobby (if so, how much) 
  
not enough 
  
- Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to? 
  
no 
  
 If not, why not? 
  
never had a job where use of lisp was accepted 
  
- Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what 
 is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)? 
  
acceptance by management 
  
- Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? 
  
yes 
  
- Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? 
  
unfortunately not 
  
- Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings? 
  
no 
  
 If so, where and how often? 
  
N/A 
  
 If not, would you be interested in such meetings? 
  
yes