Forth is a unique language. What is so special about it? It is a small, low-level language, which can easily be extended to a high-level, domain-specific language that does anything you want it to. Compared to C64 Basic, Forth is more attractive in almost every way. It is a lot faster, more memory effective, and more powerful.

Compared to C, the nice thing about Forth is that you can run the full development environment on your C64, with text editor, compiler, assembler and debugger. It makes for a more interactive and fun experience than running a cross-compiler on PC.