Forth's answer to your need is: Write your own higher level utilities in Forth. :) I find it better to think of Forth as a clever Macro Assembly language for

Forth's answer to your need is: Write your own higher level utilities in Forth. :) I find it better to think of Forth as a clever Macro Assembly language for a two stack VM. When used as designed, one does not actually program in Forth. You first write a tiny "language" and program the App in that. Not a popular choice today.