just look at it

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    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.

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      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

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    "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.