> - First name:
 
Raymond
 
 > 
 > - Last name:
 
Wiker
 
 > 
 > - Email address:
 
REMOVED
 
 > 
 > - Phone number(s):
 
+47 3596 3161 (H) / +47 2301 1160 (W) / +47 4801 1160 (M)
 
 > 
 > - Postal code:
 
NO-3960
 
 > 
 > - City:
 
Stathelle
 
 > 
 > - State or province:
 > 
 > - Country:
 
Norway
 
 > 
 > - Organization(s) you work for or study at
 >   (please supply the name and city for each organization):
 
Fast Search & Transfer, Oslo, Norway
 
 > 
 > - Fields of interest
 >   (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software,
 >    medicine, bioinformatics):
 > 
 > - 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.
 
Minor porting work with SBCL (to FreeBSD) and CLX (to SBCL). Written
some Emacs stuff (major modes and customizations.)
 
 > 
 > - 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:
 
Common Lisp.
 
 > 
 > - Lisp implementations you have used
 >   (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp):
 
SBCL (mainly), but have also played with ACL, CMUCL, LispWorks,
OpenMCL and ZetaLisp.
 
 > 
 > - Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use
 >   in the near future:
 
SBCL
 
 > 
 > - Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp:
 
FreeBSD, MacOSX, possibly Linux
 
 > 
 > - Number of years of experience with Lisp:
 
~5
 
 > 
 > - Experience with other programming languages (please supply the
 >   number of years and the name of the language):
 
C (18), C++ (13), Perl (5), Python (2), sh (12), Pascal (2)
 
 > 
 > - Total number of years of programming experience:
 
23
 
 > 
 > - Do you use Lisp:
 >   - at work (if so, how much)
 
A little (exploratory work, data conversion & mining)
 
 >   - for study (if so, how much)
 >   - as a hobby (if so, how much)
 
A little
 
 > 
 > - Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to?
 >   If not, why not?
 
Not as much as I'd like to; this is because Lisp is not used in my
production.
 
 > 
 > - Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what
 >   is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)?
 
Two years ago, I would have said lack of libraries and community web
sites. This has changed a lot, lately.
 
 > 
 > - Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work?
 
YES!
 
 > 
 > - Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers?
 
Not for programming in Lisp :-(
 
 > 
 > - Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings?
 
No (not yet).
 
 >   If so, where and how often?
 >   If not, would you be interested in such meetings?
 
Yes.