When did you first try Lisp seriously, and which Lisp family member was it?
Common Lisp in 1999
What led you to try Lisp?
I came across a copy of "Ansi Common Lisp" by Paul Graham, the German translation, for 3.33 DM (Deutschmark) - about $2-3 in those days. For that price of course, I couldn't resist!
What other languages have you been using most?
BASIC (1991), Pascal, C/C++, Assembly, Java in roughly that order.
How far have you gotten in your study of Lisp?
I guess I'm fluent, but far from mastery.
What do you think of Lisp so far?
I dislike using other languages, although I sometimes have to for work. Lisp is great, but I have objections to the whole idea of using a textual programming language.