Ask HN: Is there demand in industry for pdp-11 programmers?

Posted by 13mtfb on Monday May 25, 2020 @09:02PM
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In my current job I program extensively on a pdp-11/70 (using Macro-11). I'm curious if these systems have persisted in some areas of industry (e.g. banking)

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Re:Ask HN: Is there demand in industry for pdp-11 programmers? by gregjor on Monday May 25, 2020 @10:23PM (#23306892)

I don't think there's much demand. I used to work on them but haven't seen or heard about one in decades, except for emulators. But I miss them, and the DecSystem-20. Craziest assembly language ever.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there demand in industry for pdp-11 programmers? by CyberFonic on Monday May 25, 2020 @10:15PM (#23306837)

It's many years since I last saw or worked on a PDP-11. The only operational ones I know of are as embedded systems, that includes LSI-11 variants. That is, industrial and niche scientific applications.

I have worked extensively in finance and have never seen nor heard of a PDP-11 being used. A long time ago some DecSystems were in use. But those were all programmed in COBOL.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there demand in industry for pdp-11 programmers? by daly on Monday May 25, 2020 @10:43PM (#23306962)

I worked on the for years. The LSI-11 was my favorite machine.

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