Python(2.5) reads an input file FASTER than pure C(Mingw)

[n00m]

Both codes below read the same huge(~35MB) text file.
In the file > 1000000 lines, the length of each line < 99 chars.

Stable result:
Python runs ~0.65s
C : ~0.70s

Any thoughts?


import time
t=time.time()
f=open('D:\\some.txt','r')
z=f.readlines()
f.close()
print len(z)
print time.time()-t
m=input()
print z[m]


#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>

using namespace std;
char vs[1002000][99];
FILE *fp=fopen("D:\\some.txt","r");

int main() {
    int i=0;
    while (true) {
        if (!fgets(vs[i],999,fp)) break;
        ++i;
    }
    fclose(fp);
    cout << i << endl;
    cout << clock()/CLOCKS_PER_SEC << endl;

    int m;
    cin >> m;
    cout << vs[m];
    system("pause");
return 0;
}