https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/18/23206110/james-webb-space-telescope-javascript-jwst-instrument-control
It actually seems like a clever system.
just look at it
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.
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
"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.