It can be very expressive and high-level when you just want to get stuff done - but it also allows you to get down to the bare metal in case you have to/want to

It can be very expressive and high-level when you just want to get stuff done - but it also allows you to get down to the bare metal in case you have to/want to. You can turn off the GC, control when and how the memory gets allocated, use pointers to deal with raw memory blocks, easily link with ASM, and the consuming features are easy to avoid - leaving you with a nicer syntax for C. Of course, in the real world you probably want to find a compromise and not go 'full metal'.