JWST Uses Javascript

https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/18/23206110/james-webb-space-telescope-javascript-jwst-instrument-control

just look at it

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netwren@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y

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.

Estinos@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 3y (2 replies)
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LukeChriswalker@feddit.de · 3 pts · 3y (1 reply)

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

Estinos@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 3y
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CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 3y

"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.