Very simple speed benchmark of few string substitions ways

[Stefan Behnel]

Rafal Zawadzki wrote:
> I was curious of performance new Python 2.4 "Simpler String Substitutions"
> so I decided to benchmark it. What I get
> 
> bluszcz at akira:~/python/benchmarks$ python template.py
>          Normal python string substition = 0.017546 seconds
>    PEP 292: Simpler String Substitutions = 0.243750 seconds
>                    Jinja template system = 0.821844 seconds
>                  Cheetah template system = 26.842872 seconds

That's interesting. You know what? I compared my swiss knife and my spoon
recently and found that my swiss knife is slower in handling as it requires
additional opening. So I decided to stop using it. I just don't get why they
keep producing these things.

Stefan