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by llimllib 6462 days ago

  $ python2.6 /opt/local/lib/python2.5/test/pystone.py
  Pystone(1.1) time for 50000 passes = 0.867314
  This machine benchmarks at 57649.2 pystones/second

  $ python2.5 /opt/local/lib/python2.5/test/pystone.py
  Pystone(1.1) time for 50000 passes = 0.970622
  This machine benchmarks at 51513.4 pystones/second
(which is not to say it's always, or even usually faster; just that it's certainly faster on the standard benchmark)