- First name:
 
Simon
 
- Last name:
 
Katz
 
- Email address:
 
REMOVED
 
- Home page:
 
- Phone number(s):
 
+44 (0) 8245 2465
 
- Postal code:
 
- City:
 
London
 
- Country:
 
UK
 
- Organization(s) you work for or study at
  (please supply the name and city for each organization):
 
Independent
 
- 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.
 
Currently developing a planning tool for GSM and UMTS mobile telephone
networks.
 
- Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan):
 
Interlisp
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):
 
Interlisp
Lispworks
 
- Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use
  in the near future:
 
Lispworks
 
- Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp:
 
Windows
 
- Number of years of experience with Lisp:
 
8
 
- Do you use Lisp:
  - at work (if so, how much)
 
Close to 100% of my programming work
 
  - for study (if so, how much)
  - 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?
 
Not at the moment.
 
- Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers?
 
No
 
- Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings?
  If so, where and how often?
  If not, would you be interested in such meetings?
 
I attended a few informal meetings in London and Cambridge in 2003.
None recently because I haven't been able to make them.