the large file challenge

[Sadhunathan Nadesan]

| Actually, this says more about your specific implementation of the algorithm
| and/or the quality of your compiler than it does about the relative speed
| merits of any given language. As in your bash example, the bash shell
| actually calls functions from libraries of well written highly optimized C
| code. So, all things being equal, straight C code could never be slower than
| a bash shell script.
| 
| MC, as well, is also coded in C, so in many interpreted languages (bash,
| perl, MC) while the script itself is interpreted, much of the real work is
| done by compiled code.


	Yes, I agree.