I suspect most of your questions would be answered when the book is done; And probably in the "Next Steps" Appendix. Mean while, I personally suggest you shoul

I suspect most of your questions would be answered when the book is done; And probably in the "Next Steps" Appendix. Mean while, I personally suggest you should only implement the performance driven parts in C functions while gluing most of your program logic to it using whatever language you feel comfortable with. If you want to "bring C into 2013", learn Go.