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Re:What computer and software is used by the Falcon 9? (2015) by errantspark on Sunday May 31, 2020 @07:28PM (#23373988)
I mean very clearly the good people at SpaceX have heard of these languages and decided against it. I think JS and Chromium are the best UI kit I can think of in terms of man hours to get X done. If you're careful the only thing I've ever had issues with is latency, but in space if you're in a situation where missing a frame or two is important you're already beyond fucked.
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Re:What computer and software is used by the Falcon 9? (2015) by zeroc8 on Monday June 01, 2020 @03:27AM (#23376097)
From my experience, Qt/QML is way better for things like that. I mean, the UI does not need to be responsive, does it?

Maybe they couldn't afford the Qt license.

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