Another PC, another OS (Linux) and another compiler C++ (g++ 4.0.0-8) Compare 2 my latest submissions: http://www.spoj.pl/status/SBANK,zzz/
times: 1.32s and 0.60s Submitted codes: import sys z=sys.stdin.readlines() print z[5] #include <cstdio> #include <cstdlib> #include <vector> #include <string> using namespace std; vector<string> vs; int main() { while (true) { char line[50]; if (!fgets(line,50,stdin)) break; vs.push_back(line); } return 0; } If it proves nothing then white is black and good is evil -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list