- First name: JP 
  
- Last name: Massar 
  
- Email address: REMOVED
  
- Home page: 
  
- Phone number(s): 510-883-0580 
  
- City: Berkeley, CA 
  
- Country: USA 
  
- Organization(s) you work for or study at 
  
self-employed. 
  
- Fields of interest 
  
bioinformatics, AI, natural language, computer languages 
  
  
- Have you written any Lisp-related papers? 
  
No. 
  
  
- Have you developed or participated in the development of any 
 Lisp-related programs or libraries? If so, please supply a URL, 
 if possible. 
  
BioLingua software: 
  
http://nostoc.stanford.edu/Docs/index.html 
  
Starlisp Simulator: 
  
http://examples.franz.com/index.html  (Starsim-f20.zip) 
  
  
- Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan): 
  
Maclisp, Franz Lisp, CCA Emacs Lisp, Gnu Emacs Lisp, 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): 
  
  
Genera, Lucid 
  
Allegro CL, Lispworks CL, Corman CL 
  
  
- Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use 
 in the near future: 
  
Allegro CL, Lispworks CL 
  
  
  
- Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: 
  
Linux, Windows XP 
  
  
  
- Number of years of experience with Lisp: 
  
25 
  
  
- Do you use Lisp: 
 - at work (if so, how much)  yes 
 - as a hobby (if so, how much) yes 
  
- Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to? 
 If not, why not? 
  
Repetitive Stress Injuries 
  
  
- Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what 
 is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)? 
  
Lack of standard Internet library support, lack of standard gui support, 
lack of other standard libraries 
  
  
- Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? 
  
Yes 
  
  
- Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? 
  
No organization at the moment.  Maybe at some point. 
  
  
- Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings? 
 If so, where and how often? 
 If not, would you be interested in such meetings? 
  
Bay Area Lispniks.