Why is text file processing SO slow?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <8qb5j8$g17$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>,  <jaimewyant at my-deja.com> wrote:
>
>I have a program that processes large files ~25 megs.  The algorithm
>that I use is as follows:

Use readlines() with the hint argument so you don't consume too much
RAM.
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