FORTH is (was?) absolutely fantastic in it's niche. As an alternative to assembly when you were developing for and probably more importantly WITH underpowered c

FORTH is (was?) absolutely fantastic in it's niche. As an alternative to assembly when you were developing for and probably more importantly WITH underpowered computers, it was great. Even better, you could roll the tools together yourself with minimal effort. Today one's rarely in a position where you have to bootstrap your development environment from almost nothing, so there are better alternatives. But if you're stuck on a desert island with a computer and a CPU databook, bootstrap a FORTH compiler and then use that to make your LISP. :)