- First name: Stonewall 
  
- Last name: Ballard 
  
- Email address: REMOVED

- Home page: <http://stoney.sb.org/> 
  
- Phone number(s): 
  
- Postal code: 01742 
  
- City: Concord 
  
- State or province: MA 
  
- Country: US 
  
- Organization(s) you work for or study at 
  (please supply the name and city for each organization): 
  
Stonetics, Inc. - Concord, MA 
<http://www.stonetics.com/> 
  
- Fields of interest 
  (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software, 
   medicine, bioinformatics): 
  
Computer graphics, specializing in image filters for compositing applications. 
Computer languages, esp. dynamic, OO languages. 
Music synthesis. 
  
- 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. 
  
I wrote the first version of DEC VAX Lisp. 1981-ish. 
Member of the Apple Dylan team (IDE written in Common Lisp). 
  
- Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan): 
  
Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan, Spice Lisp, VAX Lisp, Lisp 1.5, MacLisp. 
  
- 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): 
  
MCL, Lispworks, VAX Lisp, Perq Lisp, OpenMCL, others I've forgotten the names of. 
  
- Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use 
  in the near future: 
  
MCL, OpenMCL, Lispworks, maybe CMUCL. 
  
- Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: 
  
Mac OS X 
  
- Number of years of experience with Lisp: 
  
33 years since first use. Probably something like 10 years cumulative. 
  
- Experience with other programming languages (please supply the 
  number of years and the name of the language): 
  
These durations are mostly WAGs. 
  
Smalltalk (15), C & C++ (30), Python (1), APL (3), Perl (5), Java (2), AppleScript (5), 
Pascal (5), Mathematica (6), Basic (5), various assemblers (30), Javascript (2), Fortran (2), 
Objective C (2), Snobol (1), Forth (2), Focal (1), PHP (1), Hypercard (5), TECO (6), Bliss (1) 
various microcodes (5) 
  
- Total number of years of programming experience: 35 
  
- Do you use Lisp: 
  - at work (if so, how much) 
  - for study (if so, how much) 
  - as a hobby (if so, how much) 
  
I have used Lisp for work. Currently I'm using it for small 
personal projects, and am looking for a way to use it more 
extensively. 
  
- Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to? 
  If not, why not? 
  
No, my paying work requires C++. 
  
- Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what 
  is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)? 
  
Parentheses. Also general impression of Lisp as big and slow. 
  
- 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? 
  If not, would you be interested in such meetings? 
  
I used to many years ago, but not now. Lack of time precludes anything involving travel.