People (should) only implement things in C/C++ after thoroughly profiling the dynamic language POC and being sure they need the performance that a C implementat

People (should) only implement things in C/C++ after thoroughly profiling the dynamic language POC and being sure they need the performance that a C implementation affords. So yes, the C implementation is going to sacrifice readability for performance. Of course, there are better and worse ways of accomplishing the same thing.