[JamesBrown]

Originally Posted by Ether

Another example would be automotive smart actuators, but for a different reason: with the high volumes, pennies matter. Coaxing the required performance out of an inexpensive microcontroller often means you can't even afford the overhead of a commercial RTOS, let alone an interpreter. Coding for such an environment requires a unique set of skills.

This applies to nearly any consumer electronic device. I can tell you for a fact that there are almost no mass produced toys that are coded in a scripting language.