> "those solutions have huge performance impact comparing C/Rust on bare-metal" I didn't suggest Python is the optimal solution for low level coding, I just su

> "those solutions have huge performance impact comparing C/Rust on bare-metal" I didn't suggest Python is the optimal solution for low level coding, I just suggested it is an option. > "You need "beefy" Cortex-M family to get similar performance that you can get with 8/16-uC with C." In the case of MicroPython, people find it usable on platforms like the ESP8266, which is less powerful than a "beefy" Cortex-M. As before, I don't deny that there is a performance overhead compared to C, but it clearly has some traction in the embedded space.