Later on, this thread proves that certain grade school playground games haven't lost their attraction, but I'll instead ask a useful question. Lief, what is it precisely you're planning to do with these large files? Maybe a snippet of the XML and some pseudocode of the processing would help us help you (those who want to help you).
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