If you use C++ for CPU-intensive tasks, then yes, in this case. E.g. reading 1kb of input, churning numbers for 10 minutes and outputting an h5 file. If you use

If you use C++ for CPU-intensive tasks, then yes, in this case. E.g. reading 1kb of input, churning numbers for 10 minutes and outputting an h5 file. If you use C++ for IO-intensive tasks, then your tradeoff is probably different and you would optimise your IO for speed and not readability.