- First name:  W. Tait
 
- Last name:  Stevens
 
- Email address:  REMOVED
 
- Phone number(s): 
 
- Postal code: 20817
 
- City: Bethesda
 
- State or province: MD
 
- Country: USA
 
- Organization(s) you work for or study at
  (please supply the name and city for each organization):  
NIH, Bethesda, MD
 
- Fields of interest
  (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software,
   medicine, bioinformatics):  
Transfusion Medicine
 
- 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.  
No
 
- 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, arc)
 
- Lisp implementations you have used
  (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp):  
(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:  
Win XP
 
- Number of years of experience with Lisp:  
0.011 years
 
- Experience with other programming languages (please supply the
  number of years and the name of the language):  
Pascal (4 years), 
COBOL (1 year), 
C (1 year), 
Databases (paradox 3 years, 
           MS Access 4 years (spread out over time (are nested parens OK (I guess so, this is a lisp questionnaire))), 
           ODBC/SQL occasionally over last couple of years), 
Perl (3 mos)
 
- Total number of years of programming experience: 
20 years part time, hobby (so maybe 5 years full time equivalent)
 
- Do you use Lisp:
  - at work (if so, how much): 
no
  - for study (if so, how much): 
yes, a lot, really, just started 4 days ago
  - as a hobby (if so, how much): 
um, for study (see above).
 
- Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to?  
Not sure yet.
  If not, why not? 
Don't have good knowledge of available packages.  Also,
current web host does not support as CGI interpreter.
 
- Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what
  is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)?  
Yes - learning curve for programmers: unlike many other languages, learning lisp
is *not* just a matter of downloading a package, going through a tutorial, then
reading the manual...  (If there is an excellent freeware lisp toturial, I am unaware
of it).
 
- Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? 
No: I am not qualified at this time.  
 
- Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? 
Not hiring anybody just now.
 
- Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings?  
Not yet.
  If so, where and how often?  
n/a
  If not, would you be interested in such meetings? 
Yes.
  If so, where you be interested in attending such meetings? 
In/around Washington DC area.