ÿþ- First name: Robert 

 

- Last name: Boyer

 

- Email address: REMOVED

 

- Home page:

 

- Phone number(s): 

 

- Postal code: 1424 Riverside Ave.

 

- City: Baltimore MD 21230

 

- Country: USA

 

- Organization(s) you work for or study at

  (please supply the name and city for each organization):

 

   work: I work for Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) at the Space

         Telescope Science Inst. (STScI) in Baltimore MD

 

   study: I'm a student in the Johns Hopkins Part Time Engineering program

          in Baltimore MD

 

- Fields of interest

  (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software,

   medicine, bioinformatics):

 

     Space craft systems, and space mission planning and scheduling

 

- 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.

 

     The Spike front end scheduler for HST

 

     http://www.stsci.edu/resources/software_hardware/spike/

 

- Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan):

     CL

 

- Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the

  near future:

     CL

- Lisp implementations you have used

  (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp):

     ACL 

- Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use

  in the near future:

     ACL CMUCL

- Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp:

     Sun workstation

- Number of years of experience with Lisp:

     4

- Do you use Lisp:

  - at work (if so, how much)   

     1/2 time 

  - for study (if so, how much)

     on occation 

  - as a hobby (if so, how much)

 

- 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)?

 

- Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work?

     If I weren't currently employed as such.

- Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers?

     We are currently in a hiring freeze -- but we have hired Lisp 

     programmers in the past.

- Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings?

  If so, where and how often?

  If not, would you be interested in such meetings?

     Possibly

- Do you know any other Lispers who might be willing to fill in

  this questionnaire (please supply their email-address if you

  do)?