* Less dangerous than Javascript (statically typed and a good standard library)
* Much faster than Python
I think it's an excellent middle ground, compromise language. It's the centrist candidate of programming languages. Not the best at anything, but on average better than most.
I'd add that it also ships with an incredible toolset alongside the installation, has a fully featured standard library, cross compiling is typically painless, and you get a single binary executable out the other side.
* Easier/safer than C
* Less dangerous than Javascript (statically typed and a good standard library)
* Much faster than Python
I think it's an excellent middle ground, compromise language. It's the centrist candidate of programming languages. Not the best at anything, but on average better than most.