So I have been taking a break from posting and writing in C++, and switched to python. Unless you are using C or C++ for a reason, then you should switch too, and here is why...

Python: 60 seconds

#document reader for python 2.7 in windows
import os
fname = raw_input("Please enter a file name: ")
os.system("cls")
file1 = open(fname, "r+b")
fileinput = file1.read()
print fileinput

C++: 4 minutes

#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>

using namespace std;

int main()
{
cout << "Enter a file name to read: ";
string fname
cin >> fname;
system("cls");
ifstream readfile;
readfile.open(fname);
string data;
readfile >> data;
cout << data;
}

Witch one did you think took longer to write?

LOL,
-Tristan