All of these compilers were available on other platforms, too, especially the Atari ST. Other early options included Manx Software's Aztec C (see also this site), Megamax C, and Softworks C ( which Kevin Killion claims was "the very first C language compiler for the Mac", for which he wrote the front-end, but I cannot find independent verification for this claim). The two earliest C compilers available for Macintosh were Hippo-C and Consulair Mac C. C was merely a niche language in 1984, and I doubt very many copies of these were sold, but that doesn't mean you didn't have choices! The Macintosh's System Software and ROMs were themselves programmed largely in assembly, with a bit of Pascal thrown in (mostly for pieces that were ported directly from the Lisa). As you said, the most important languages on the Mac in its early days were Microsoft's BASIC, Pascal, and, of course, 68000 assembly.
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