Gail 
  
  
> - Last name: 
  
Zacharias 
  
  
> - Email address: 
  
REMOVED
  
  
> - Home page: 
  
www.clozure.com 
  
  
> - Phone number(s): 
>   
> - Postal code: 
  
02144 
  
  
> - City: 
  
Somerville, MA (Boston area) 
  
  
> - Country: 
  
USA 
  
  
> - Organization(s) you work for or study at 
> (please supply the name and city for each organization): 
  
Clozure Associates, Boston area. 
  
  
> - Fields of interest 
> (e.g. computer linguistics, numerical analysis, business software, 
>  medicine, bioinformatics): 
  
Systems implementation (compilers, development environments) 
Computer algebra 
Educational Software 
Web server applications 
  
  
  
> - 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. 
  
Implementations of MCL, OpenMCL, and Dylan. 
  
  
> - Lisp variants you have used (e.g. Common Lisp, Scheme, Dylan): 
  
maclisp, common lisp, emacs lisp, 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): 
  
MACLISP, MCL, Allegro, LispWorks, OpenMCL. 
  
  
> - Lisp implementations you're currently using or intend to use 
> in the near future: 
  
LispWorks, OpenMCL. 
  
  
> - Computer platforms on which you're using or deploying Lisp: 
  
Mac, Windows. 
  
  
> - Number of years of experience with Lisp: 
  
28 
  
  
> - Do you use Lisp: 
> - at work (if so, how much) 
  
100% 
  
> - for study (if so, how much) 
  
n/a 
  
> - as a hobby (if so, how much) 
  
Sometimes. 
  
  
> - 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)? 
  
Lack of libraries. 
  
  
> - Would you be interested in a Lisp-related job or contract work? 
  
Yes. See www.clozure.com. 
  
  
> - Is your organization interested in hiring Lisp programmers? 
  
Sometimes. 
  
  
> - Are you currently participating in Lisp-related meetings? 
> If so, where and how often? 
> If not, would you be interested in such meetings? 
  
Maybe.