When did you first try Lisp seriously, and which Lisp family member was it?

I first tried it in late 2004/early 2005 with OpenMCL. I use Mac OS X as my daily OS, and have written native apps for it in Python using the PyObjC bridge. I want to try and port my existing apps to OpenMCL using its Cocoa bridge.

What led you to try Lisp?

I've been hovering around Common Lisp at various distances for the past decade. I was first introduced to it at university.

What other languages have you been using most?

By day, I hack on Python for Zope Corporation. By night, as I can, I split my time between hacking on Python with PyObjC for Mac OS X apps and translating that to OpenMCL.

How far have you gotten in your study of Lisp?

I've not yet succeeded in porting my application from Python to OpenMCL, but get closer every time I try. About every six months I pick up Paul Graham?'s _ANSI Common Lisp_ and get a little further, but I am more receptive to the paths offered in David Lamkins?' _Successful Lisp_ and Peter Seibel's _Practical Common Lisp_.

What do you think of Lisp so far?

I like it. I see shades and reflections of it in my work in Python, and I have a strong feeling that it does that and more, but have to learn the idioms of both programming *in* Lisp (syntax, algorithms, best practices, &c) and programming *with* Lisp (IDEs, source management, application design, &c).