Now do it the other way around - write a complex project using MicroPython while being conscious about memory allocations, because mark-and-sweep GC takes 200ms

Now do it the other way around - write a complex project using MicroPython while being conscious about memory allocations, because mark-and-sweep GC takes 200ms (6 frames at 30 FPS budget) to go through 8MB of SPI PSRAM. It's a nightmare that makes you cry for C :)