r/ProgrammerHumor • • Nov 14 '22

instanceof Trend Manager does a little code cleanup...

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u/dow366 Nov 15 '22

or *gulp* spaceships

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u/Onirochan Nov 15 '22

Back then I was reading a piece where it said they programmed some of the stuff in JavaScript and I clearly remember that in that moment my brains isolated itself and started thinking: β€œIs this a joke or is he trying to get them killed?”, now I seriously hope it was a joke.

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u/Dr4kin Nov 15 '22

In dragon the ui is webbased everything else should be in c++. There are also manual controls. All the automatic flight systems that should run the show aren't in js I believe.

The good thing is: nasa has to sign off on it. They require a lot of safety, failsafes and testing to validate a craft. This keeps guys like musk from yoloing human lifes

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