Public Shared Function ParseText( _
   ByVal content As String _
) As String

public static string ParseText( 
   string content
)

string[] files = Directory.GetFiles(@"c:\temp\trash", "*.htm", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch sw;

for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
    //HTML Parser
    sw = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
    sw.Start();

    foreach (string file in files)
        new HtmlLightDocument(File.ReadAllText(file));

    Console.WriteLine("HTML = {0}", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
    //XML Parser
    sw = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
    sw.Start();

    foreach (string file in files)
        new XmlLightDocument(File.ReadAllText(file));

    Console.WriteLine("XHTM = {0}", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
    //Parse Only
    sw = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
    sw.Start();

    IXmlLightReader rdr = new EmptyReader();
    foreach (string file in files)
        XmlLightParser.Parse(File.ReadAllText(file), XmlLightParser.AttributeFormat.Xml, rdr);

    Console.WriteLine("NDOM = {0}", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
    //Text Only
    sw = new System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch();
    sw.Start();

    foreach (string file in files)
        XmlLightParser.ParseText(File.ReadAllText(file));

    Console.WriteLine("TEXT = {0}", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds);
}

Dim files As String() = Directory.GetFiles("c:\temp\trash", "*.htm", SearchOption.AllDirectories)
Dim sw As System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch

Dim i As Integer = 0
While i < 10
    'HTML Parser
    sw = New System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch()
    sw.Start()

    For Each file As String In files
        New HtmlLightDocument(File.ReadAllText(file))
    Next

    Console.WriteLine("HTML = {0}", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds)
    'XML Parser
    sw = New System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch()
    sw.Start()

    For Each file As String In files
        New XmlLightDocument(File.ReadAllText(file))
    Next

    Console.WriteLine("XHTM = {0}", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds)
    'Parse Only
    sw = New System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch()
    sw.Start()

    Dim rdr As IXmlLightReader = New EmptyReader()
    For Each file As String In files
        XmlLightParser.Parse(File.ReadAllText(file), XmlLightParser.AttributeFormat.Xml, rdr)
    Next

    Console.WriteLine("NDOM = {0}", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds)
    'Text Only
    sw = New System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch()
    sw.Start()

    For Each file As String In files
        XmlLightParser.ParseText(File.ReadAllText(file))
    Next

    Console.WriteLine("TEXT = {0}", sw.ElapsedMilliseconds)
    System.Math.Max(System.Threading.Interlocked.Increment(i),i - 1)
End While