>> - First name: Randall
>>
>> - Last name: Blanchard
>>
>> - Email address: REMOVED
>>
>> - Home page: http://home.earthlink.net/~blancha2
>>
>> - Phone number(s):1-978-369-4272
>>
>> - Postal code: 01741-1213
>>
>> - City: Carlisle, MA (Massachusetts)
>>
>> - Country: USA
>>
>> - Organization(s) you work for or study at
>> (please supply the name and city for each organization): 
>> self-employed.
>>
>> - Fields of interest
>> (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software,
>>  medicine, bioinformatics): AI, Cognitive Science, Relational 
>> Database, Database Design, Genetic Algorithms.
>>
>> - Have you written any Lisp-related papers? If so, please supply
>> bibliographical references (and URL's, if possible). WPI Senior 
>> Undergraduate Thesis.
>>
>> - Have you developed or participated in the development of any
>> Lisp-related programs or libraries? If so, please supply a URL,
>> if possible. See website for Mac Jaguar survival guide.
>>
>> - Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan): 
>> Common Lisp; Studied Scheme.
>>
>> - Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the
>> near future: Digitool Common Lisp for MacOSX.
>>
>> - Lisp implementations you have used
>> (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp): Digitool Common Lisp 
>> v4.3.5, MacLisp.
>>
>> - Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use
>> in the near future: Digitool Common Lisp for MacOSX
>>
>> - Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: MacOS 
>> v9.2.2 (customized)
>>
>> - Number of years of experience with Lisp: 0
>>
>> - Do you use Lisp:
>> - at work (if so, how much) None
>> - for study (if so, how much) WPI Senior Undergraduate Thesis on 
>> Genetic Algorithms.
>> - as a hobby (if so, how much) Very much so.
>>
>> - Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to?
>> If not, why not? Common perception among industry that it wont 
>> interface to RLDBs and C/C++ API (libraries).
>>
>> - Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what
>> is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)? Industries perceive cheap 
>> programming labor in C/C++, but it is not as much a high-level 
>> language so it is unmaintainable and error-prone: I say, let the 
>> computer do the work -- not the programmer!
>>
>> - Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? yes.
>>
>> - Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? no.
>>
>> - Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings?
>> If so, where and how often? yes.
>> If not, would you be interested in such meetings?