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From: tmoran@acm.org
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Subject: Re: Computer Language Shootout
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>I have had the experience of needing to run text utilities on an
>ordinary text file which happened to have lines which were several
>hundred thousand characters long. No utility author would ever have
>specified such a large limit.
  I suppose some people have probably tried to use a pliers to tighten
the head bolts on their car's engine.  The relevant phrase is "Use
the right tool for the job".