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JWST Uses Javascript (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

just look at it

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years 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.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Wow, people are still showing disdain for javascript? I thought we were done with that since "frontend development" became a thing.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years 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

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years 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.

this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2023
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