For one, memory usage. You either have to load your entire CSV file into memory or read it line-by-line in order to get the result you're looking for. SQLite in

For one, memory usage. You either have to load your entire CSV file into memory or read it line-by-line in order to get the result you're looking for. SQLite intelligently uses disk, memory and indexes for that purpose. Plus, you know, the whole SQL thing.