$ time ./wc.py wc.pl wc.py large.txt
     21      58     494 wc.pl
     25      96     698 wc.py
 382230 1290003 11930691 large.txt
 382276 1290157 11931883 total

real    0m7.922s
user    0m7.218s
sys     0m0.124s

$ time ./wc.pl wc.pl wc.py large.txt
     21      58     494 wc.pl
     25      96     698 wc.py
 382230 1290003 11930691 large.txt
 382276 1290157 11931883 total

real    0m4.484s
user    0m4.186s
sys     0m0.093s