Large Text Files versus Small tex files
<p>This is just a general question? I have an application that uses the <code>File.ReadAllLines</code> and i was wondering, is it easier to load as one big file or multiple small files. </p>

<p>My current file is a Dictionary for my speech recognition. Currently it has about 40,000 lines in it. When i start the program it takes about 2 minutes for it to load the grammars. </p>

<p>When the file is less than 1,000 lines it processes and reads all line instantly. When added phases two implementing the Entire King James Bible. It slowed down tremendously.</p>

<p>So for better performance would be better to have multiple smaller files instead of one big file? I will be adding 16 more txt documents with each file roughly 2,000 to 3,000 lines in each txt document.</p>

<p>If its easier and faster to have several smaller then i wont bother adding them to one big file. </p>

<p>I am building a custom Speech Dictation engine, so it will consist of The KJV Bible, names, numbers and different NLP variations. Eventually i will be adding the Exhaustive Strong Concordance. So far the program works perfectly. I am just trying to get faster load times, on the initial start up. </p>