> - First name: Edi
> 
> - Last name: Weitz
> 
> - Email address: REMOVED
> 
> - Phone number(s): +49 40 39904602
> 
> - Postal code: 22605
> 
> - City: Hamburg
> 
> - Country: Germany
> 
> - Organization(s) you work for or study at
>  (please supply the name and city for each organization):
 
self-employed
 
> - Fields of interest
>  (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software,
>  medicine, bioinformatics):
 
everything... :)
 
> - Have you written any Lisp-related papers? If so, please supply
>  bibliographical references (and URL's, if possible).
 
some online tutorials, see weitz.de and cl-cookbook.sf.net
 
I'm working on a Lisp book right now
 
> - Have you developed or participated in the development of any
>  Lisp-related programs or libraries? If so, please supply a URL,
>  if possible.
 
I've written CL-PPCRE, CL-WHO, CL-GD, CL-INTERPOL, HTML-TEMPLATE,
TBNL, and "The Regex Coach", see weitz.de. I've also provided small
code snippets for projects like ILISP, mod_lisp, CL-PDF, SLIME, and
CLSQL.
 
> - Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan):
 
Common Lisp, Emacs Lisp
 
> - Lisp variants you're currently using or intend to use in the
>  near future:
 
Common Lisp, Emacs Lisp
 
> - Lisp implementations you have used
>  (e.g. CMUCL, Lispworks, Allegro Common Lisp):
 
CMUCL, CLISP, ECL, LispWorks, AllegroCL, Corman Lisp, SBCL
 
> - Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use
>  in the near future:
 
CMUCL, LispWorks, AllegroCL, Armed Bear
 
> - Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp:
 
mostly Linux x86, sometimes Windows XP
 
> - Number of years of experience with Lisp:
 
4
 
> - Do you use Lisp:
>  - at work (if so, how much)
 
about 25%
 
>  - for study (if so, how much)
>  - as a hobby (if so, how much)
 
yes to both, hard to estimate
 
> - Are you using Lisp as much as you would like to?
>  If not, why not?
 
I'd be happy if I could manage to do 100% of my paid work with
Lisp. I'd also be happy if I had more time for studies and hobbies.
 
> - Do you see any obstacles to further Lisp growth (if so, what
>  is the biggest obstacle in your opinion)?
 
Lisp seems to have a bad reputation which is hard to get rid of. It'd
also be very helpful if Common Lisp had an infrastructure comparable
to that of Perl - many high-quality libraries (including 'reference'
portability layers for networking, FFI, etc.) which are easily
accessible from a central place, more newbie-friendly online docs,
more books.
 
> - Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work?
 
Yep, see above.
 
> - Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers?
 
No organization.
 
> - Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings?
>  If so, where and how often?
>  If not, would you be interested in such meetings?
 
I'm trying to organize Lisp meetings in Hamburg from time to time.
 
I'll try to make it to the next ILC.
 
> - Do you know any other Lispers who might be willing to fill in
>  this questionnaire (please supply their email-address if you
>  do)?