- First name: Jud - Last name: Leonard - Email address: REMOVED - Phone number(s): 617 947-4325 - Postal code: 02468 - City: Newton - State or province: MA - Country: USA - Organization(s) you work for or study at (please supply the name and city for each organization): SiCortex, Inc - Fields of interest (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software, medicine, bioinformatics): computer architecture - 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. NS, a CAD software suite developed at Symbolics for VLSI CMOS chip design; used for the Ivory microprocessor and many smaller designs. - Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan): Common Lisp - Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the near future: - Lisp implementations you have used (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp): Symbolics Flavors, CMUCL, Macintosh Common Lisp. - Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use in the near future: MCL - Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: MacOSX, Linux - Number of years of experience with Lisp: 18 - Experience with other programming languages (please supply the number of years and the name of the language): Fortran 20 C 25 Modula2 5 - Total number of years of programming experience: 35 - 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, perhaps 10% of my time - Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to? yes If not, why not? - Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)? Network effects. It's not well-enough known. - Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? no - Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? not currently - Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings? no If so, where and how often? If not, would you be interested in such meetings? maybe