- First name:
Johannes
 
- Last name:
Grødem
 
- Email address:
REMOVED
 
- City:
Oslo
 
- Country:
Norway
 
- Organization(s) you work for or study at
 (please supply the name and city for each organization):
- Copyleft Software AS, Oslo, Norway
- University of Oslo, Institute for Informatics (student)
 
- Fields of interest
Programming languages, operating systems.
 
- Have you developed or participated in the development of any
 Lisp-related programs or libraries? If so, please supply a URL,
 if possible.
Yes.  (Sorry, no URL.)
 
- Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan):
Common Lisp, Scheme.
 
- Lisp implementations you have used
 (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp):
Common Lisp: CMUCL, CLISP, SBCL
Scheme: Chicken, PLT
 
- Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use
 in the near future:
Common Lisp: CMUCL, SBCL, CLISP
Scheme: Chicken, PLT
 
- Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp:
FreeBSD/x86
Linux/x86
 
- Number of years of experience with Lisp:
3
 
- Experience with other programming languages (please supply the
 number of years and the name of the language):
C - 8 years
Java - 5 years
Python - 4 years
PHP - 1 year
O'Caml
 
- Total number of years of programming experience:
8
 
- Do you use Lisp:
 - at work (if so, how much)
Yes, whenever there is a project for which we're allowed to use Lisp.
(There's been something like 4 or 5.)
 
 - for study (if so, how much)
No.
 
 - as a hobby (if so, how much)
Yes.
 
- 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)?
I think it would be good if the Lisps would integrate better with the host operating system/
environment, and other languages.  (Java, C, etc.)
 
- Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work?
Not right now.
 
- Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers?
Possibly.
 
- Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings?
 If so, where and how often?
I've been to one once in Oslo.
 
 If not, would you be interested in such meetings?
Maybe.