I reckon part of the point is that a VM (in the JVM or CLR sense) might be a poor fit for the given use case, as might an automatic garbage collector, and thus

I reckon part of the point is that a VM (in the JVM or CLR sense) might be a poor fit for the given use case, as might an automatic garbage collector, and thus that might dictate the use of languages which rely on neither (like C/C++ or Rust).