Yes, though: - high-level Forth also amounts to a Turing-complete macro assembler (much better than textual macros) - C was less practical/available on early

Yes, though: - high-level Forth also amounts to a Turing-complete macro assembler (much better than textual macros) - C was less practical/available on early personal computers, especially for coding right on the target system. When I was doing this it was on a TI 99/4A in the early 80s.