dict is really slow for big truck

[Scott David Daniels]

Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
> d = {}
> for line in open(thefile):
>    arr = line.strip().split()
>    d[arr[0]] = arr

Sorry, not picking on Bruno in particular, but I keep seeing
this formulation around various places.
When does line.strip().split() ever differ from line.split()?

--Scott David Daniels
Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org