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cenamustoday at 3:41 PM1 replyview on HN

Embedded systems? Like sim cards? There's even real time Java, I think they used it for some missile guidance stuff aswell at some point


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tennfowntoday at 3:45 PM

> Embedded systems? Like sim cards?

Serious question: I remember the old installer, six billion devices or whatever. I’ve heard about Java ME, old set-top boxes and DVD players, etc.

But how much of that is active today. I can’t say I’ve ever seen a job listing for an embedded Java developer or even Java ME in my entire career. Are people actually still using it?

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