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See [1] (HN discussion: [2]). According to the paper [3] it looks like that it does have a GC and its resource usage is limited by other means. [1] https://www

See [1] (HN discussion: [2]). According to the paper [3] it looks like that it does have a GC and its resource usage is limited by other means. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/18/23206110/james-webb-space-telescope-javascript-jwst-instrument-control https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/18/23206110/james-webb-space... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32519918 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32519918 [3] https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/resources/ISIMmanuscript.pdf#page=17 https://www.jwst.nasa.gov/resources/ISIMmanuscript.pdf#page=...

acchow 4y ago
> If you’re still worried, do note that the Space Telescope Science Institute’s document mentions that the script processor itself is written in C++ So they decided on Javascript back in 2006 and it uses an interpreter/runtime written in C++. Which runtime is this?
- sanxiyn 4y ago
  It is Nombas ScriptEase. The author updated the homepage after >10 years due to interest from JWST. https://brent-noorda.com/nombas/us/ https://brent-noorda.com/nombas/us/
- deelowe 4y ago
  Looks like it's actually C.
deelowe 4y ago
Wow. Thanks!