- First name: Tåle
 
- Last name: Skogan
 
- Email address: REMOVED
 
- Phone number(s):
 
- Postal code: 9014
 
- City: Tromsø
 
- State or province: Troms
 
- Country: Norway
 
- Organization(s) you work for or study at
  (please supply the name and city for each organization):
University of Tromsø, Tromsø
FAST, Tromsø
 
- Fields of interest
  (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software,
   medicine, bioinformatics):
Search and full text indexing, distributed systems, cryptography,.
 
- 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.
Crypticl, a cryptographic library. Will be available at http://common-lisp.net/
 
 
- Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan):
 
- 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):
 
- Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use
  in the near future:
Allegro CL 6.2
- Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp:
Windows
 
- Number of years of experience with Lisp:
 
- Experience with other programming languages (please supply the
  number of years and the name of the language):
Pascal, Java, C, Python, C++.
 
- Total number of years of programming experience:
 
- Do you use Lisp:
  - at work (if so, how much)
  - for study (if so, how much)
  - as a hobby (if so, how much)
As a hobby, some hours a week.
 
- Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to?
  If not, why not?
 
- Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what
  is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)?
Too few and unorganized libraries. It would be nice to have a site like python.org. Also work on the 
language standard seems a bit dead. A stable language is fine, but there should be some evolution to 
get rid of past mistakes and incorporate new ideas. The development environment should also be 
continously improved. The powerful development environment of many Lisp systems has been a major 
advantage, but today other language are gaining fast.
 
 
- 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?
No
  If so, where and how often?
  If not, would you be interested in such meetings?
Yes