As part of a larger system, removing the delay can cause other parts of the system to do their processing in parallel. While this doesn't reduce the amount of t

As part of a larger system, removing the delay can cause other parts of the system to do their processing in parallel. While this doesn't reduce the amount of time that it takes that piece of the pipeline to run, it will reduce the total runtime of the system. It can also be faster if you're searching for something in the file, because you can short-circuit reading the rest of the file when you find it.