Maybe it makes sense. It is replacement of Java because convenient GC, decent runtime and networking/http/ssl/xml/json libs comes standard. This is where is Java is mostly used as backend server side stuff.

It is replacement of C as in low memory usage, decent level of control over memory layout, no overengineered abstractions, no classes, no generics, no exceptions, fewer concepts to grasp etc. It does not need VMs and generates executables to directly run on machines.