[spaintech]

I highly recommend using Forth for interactive exploration of hardware. In my opinion, C-Forth and uEForth are particularly well-suited for the ESP32. Even when I choose to develop C-based Baremetal solutions for the ESP32, Forth proves incredibly useful for quickly testing and validating my ideas. This is especially true for verifying physical wiring, as it significantly reduces the time spent troubleshooting potential errors, whether in my own work or when examining a pre-made board.

[xchip]

why not micropython?

[spaintech]

I don’t know micropython enough.

I know that it is substantially supported on the ESP32, which is great, but I’m not sure if it’s able to give you the HW access that Forth has, you can extend and build your own drivers on the Forth system, which is my main use case. I like to do things as bare to the metal as possible and C and forth give me that, it’s the same reason I never used the arduino framework.