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

[SL]

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> "n00m" <n00m at narod.ru> schreef in bericht 
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>> using namespace std;
>> char vs[1002000][99];

>>        if (!fgets(vs[i],999,fp)) break;

BTW why are you declaring the array as 99 and pass 999 to fgets to read a 
line?