CSV performance

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <slrngvhhfc.2c4.grahn+nntp at frailea.sa.invalid>, Jorgen Grahn 
wrote:

> I am asking because people who like databases tend to overestimate the
> time it takes to parse text.

And those of us who regularly load databases from text files, or unload them 
in the opposite direction, have a good idea of EXACTLY how long it takes to 
parse text. :)