- First name:  Patrick 
  
- Last name:  May 
  
- Email address:  REMOVED
  
- Home page: 
  
- Phone number(s): 
  
- Postal code:  SL4 1YB 
  
- City:  Windsor 
  
- Country:  U.K. 
  
- Organization(s) you work for or study at 
  (please supply the name and city for each organization): 
  
   IntaMission, Ltd. 
  
- Fields of interest 
  (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software, 
  medicine, bioinformatics): 
  
   Artificial intelligence 
   Rules systems 
   Meta-model manipulation 
   Autonomic computing 
  
- Have you written any Lisp-related papers? If so, please supply 
  bibliographical references (and URL's, if possible). 
  
   n/a 
  
- Have you developed or participated in the development of any 
  Lisp-related programs or libraries? If so, please supply a URL, 
  if possible. 
  
   none publicly available 
  
- Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan): 
  
   Common Lisp 
   Emacs Lisp 
   Scheme 
  
- Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the 
  near future: 
  
   Common Lisp 
   Emacs Lisp 
   Scheme 
  
- Lisp implementations you have used 
  (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp): 
  
   CMUCL 
   SBCL 
   Lispworks 
   MIT Scheme 
   scsh 
  
- Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use 
  in the near future: 
  
   SBCL 
   scsh 
  
- Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: 
  
   Linux 
  
- Number of years of experience with Lisp:  2 
  
- Do you use Lisp: 
  - at work (if so, how much) 
  
   Yes, currently minimally but I'm planning to incorporate Common 
   Lisp more in the near future.  I use scsh for scripting. 
  
  - for study (if so, how much) 
  
   Yes, extensively.  Currently working through PAIP and SICP 
   simultaneously. 
  
  - as a hobby (if so, how much) 
  
   Studying is my hobby.  ;-) 
  
- Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to? 
  If not, why not? 
  
   No.  I would like to use Common Lisp more at work and will 
   attempt to do so as opportunities present themselves. 
  
- Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what 
  is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)? 
  
   Java.  The marketing hype and perceived ease of use make it 
   difficult to use better tools such as Lisp. 
  
- 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? 
  If so, where and how often? 
  If not, would you be interested in such meetings? 
  
   No, but I'd be interested in meetings in the London area.