[iamflimflam1]

The same could be said for MicroPython or CircuiyPython.

I suspect the target audience is more on the hobbyist/non embedded programmer side of things.

[mmoskal]

There are some differences, but broadly correct (eg., the program is precompiled and the experience is definitely the best in VSCode; plus of course different language).

However, I heard of uPython being used in production deployments, though maybe not in millions of units.

(I'm working on DeviceScript)

[mananaysiempre]

The thing is, if you want to poke at a device interactively, your options are either Forth or (if the system is beefy enough) one of these scripting language ports; tethered C interpreters are not precisely commonplace. And while I love Forth to bits, most people will probably go the scripting-language route.

[pjmlp]

A whole 8 bit computing generation was able to jump into computing thanks to scripting.