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[–] netwren@lemmy.world 8 points 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.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 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.