I agree about the benefits of a Forth-like language for tinkering. It's still very simple (like C), but the execution model is totally different, simpler, and

I agree about the benefits of a Forth-like language for tinkering. It's still very simple (like C), but the execution model is totally different, simpler, and more functional/mathematical. I learned the HP programmable calculator version of Forth as one of my first languages, and I loved programming in that model. I think one's brain loses some flexibility if it hasn't programmed in a nonstandard model from an early time.