Shell: simple to express; not easy to read; executes in > 60s

Haskell: slightly verbose; understandable?; executes in 0.50s

Perl: simple to express; slightly obscure; executes in 0.19s

PHP: simple to express; less obscure; executes in 0.35s

Java: verbose; reasonably understandable; executes in 0.64s

C: hard to express; not easy to read; executes in 0.04s