Streaming 1GB File in Python
<p>How long should it take to stream a 1GB file in python on say a 2Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo machine?</p>

<pre><code>fp = open('publisher_feed_8663.xml')
for line in fp:
   a = line.split('&lt;')
</code></pre>

<p>I suppose I wasn't specific enough. This process takes 20+ minutes which is abnormally long. Based on empirical data, what is a reasonable time?</p>
