- First name: Raymond Martin
 
- Last name: Martin
 
- Email address: REMOVED
 
- Phone number(s): 
 
- Postal code:
 
- City: Montreal
 
- State or province: Quebec
 
- Country: Canada
 
- Organization(s) you work for or study at
  (please supply the name and city for each organization): 
 
  Rhythmous Systems
 
 
- Fields of interest
  (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software,
   medicine, bioinformatics): 
 
  Computational science/physics, intelligent systems, natural language
  processing, signal processing.
 
 
- 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. 
 
  Yes.
 
 
- Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan):
 
  Common Lisp, Lush, Gamma
 
 
- Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the
  near future: 
 
  Lush
 
 
- Lisp implementations you have used
  (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp):
 
  AllegroCL, CMUCL, CLisp, Gamma, Lush, Xlispstat
 
 
- Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use
  in the near future: 
 
  Lush
 
 
- Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: 
 
  Linux, QNX
 
 
- Number of years of experience with Lisp: 
 
  9 years
 
 
- Experience with other programming languages (please supply the
  number of years and the name of the language): 
 
  C: 11 years, C++: 6 years; Fortran: 1 year; Pascal: 2 years;
  Java: 1 Year; Assembler: 1 Year; Tcl: 1 year
 
 
- Total number of years of programming experience: 
 
  13 years
 
 
- 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 Lisp is my main research & development tool of choice.
 
 
- Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to?
  If not, why not?
 
  I want to use it more, but just have not put in the time.
 
 
- Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what
  is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)?
 
  There is a general lack of education about language differences and 
  uses in academia today which tends to favor industry supported, 
  sub-optimal languages like C/C++/Java/Perl/Python. The biggest
  obstacle is the lack of funds to help Lisp developers add to the
  base language itself.
 
 
- Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work?
 
  Definitely.
 
 
- Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers?
 
  I work alone as a consultant. If my business expands, then
  as need arose I would definitely consider someone with good
  knowledge of Lisp as a candidate over other languages.
 
 
- Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings?
  If so, where and how often?
  If not, would you be interested in such meetings?
 
  Recently a Lisp/Scheme user group started here, but I have not
  attended yet. I may go at some time.
 
 
- Do you know any other Lispers who might be willing to fill in
  this questionnaire (please supply their names and email-addresses
  if you do)?
 
  No.
 
 
- Do you know people who may be interested in learning Lisp
  (please supply their names and email-addresses if you do)?
 
  No.