[pypy-issue] [issue826] Decimal seems slower on pypy than cpython

[Alex Gaynor]

Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor at gmail.com> added the comment:

FWIW Nick Coghlan (CPython core dev) tweeted at me about this, apparently the 
string based representation is some sort of insane (as in crazy, not necessary signification) optimization on CPython.

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