The James Webb Space Telescope runs JavaScript, apparently
www.theverge.com
It actually seems like a clever system.

just look at it

  • netwren@lemmy.world
    7·
    1 year ago

    Yeah but what restrictions does NASA put on the scripts. Most languages are similar enough if you neuter them down to rudimentary forms.

    I doubt they’re NPM installing these packages.

    • Leeennaaaaa@feddit.deEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      We started because frontend developement became a thing and we (backend devs used to languages that work and are consistent) were forced to do frontend

  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
    1·
    1 year ago

    "Ladies and gentlemen, we’re sorry to announce that the JWST has smashed some of it’s own mirrors due to unexpected behavior of something called a ‘type system’ "

    What was the state of Python in the early 'oughts? They’re using it basically the same way according to the article; an easy human-readable language to control basic procedures.