I’ve been watching these developments with interest and much ignorance, but with high hopes.
What I think I see is a ‘quick’ way to get a scripting environment running, ie before, hopefully, we have a rich/full ML environment up and running, ie with menus etc.
Assuming, once again in ignorance, a Basic scripting API can access/control, ie set/get, key functions, eg shutter, aperture, ISO and, ideally, focus distance etc, such a scripting environment will be very handy for photographers.
I could imagine converting major parts of my DOFIS Lua script to a Basic script, ie giving focus DoF and focus bracketing feedback. Crude, but, I suggest, useful low hanging fruit.
But, as I say, I may be talking in ignorance of what is achievable via a Basic scripting feature.