- First name: 
Martin 
  
- Last name: 
Simmons 
  
- Email address: 
REMOVED
  
- Home page: 
http://www.lispworks.com/ 
  
- Phone number(s): 
  
- Postal code: 
CB4 9AD 
  
- City: 
Cambridge 
  
- Country: 
UK 
  
- Organization(s) you work for or study at 
  (please supply the name and city for each organization): 
Xanalys 
  
- Fields of interest 
  (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software, 
  medicine, bioinformatics): 
Language implementation, compilers, programming environments. 
  
- 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. 
Implementation of LispWorks and Liquid Common Lisp. 
Some improvements to SLIME (http://common-lisp.net/project/slime/). 
  
- Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan): 
Common Lisp, GNU Emacs Lisp, Acorn Lisp, homebrew. 
  
- Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the 
  near future: 
Common Lisp, GNU Emacs Lisp. 
  
- Lisp implementations you have used 
  (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp): 
LispWorks, Liquid Common Lisp, GNU Emacs Lisp, Acorn Lisp. 
  
- Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use 
  in the near future: 
LispWorks, Liquid Common Lisp, GNU Emacs Lisp. 
  
- Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: 
Linux, Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris, HP-UX, Tru64 UNIX, AIX, IRIX. 
  
- Number of years of experience with Lisp: 
13 for work, plus 8 of occasional playing prior to that. 
  
- Do you use Lisp: 
  - at work (if so, how much) 
100% 
  
  - for study (if so, how much) 
No. 
  
  - as a hobby (if so, how much) 
10% 
  
- 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)? 
Interoperability with other systems needs to be improved. 
  
- Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? 
I have one, thanks! 
  
- Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? 
Not currently. 
  
- Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings? 
  If so, where and how often? 
  If not, would you be interested in such meetings? 
Yes, ILC 2003 and a few local pub meets in 2003.