From: Gavin Kistner <gavin.kistner@...>
Date: 2006-09-26T03:16:39+09:00
Subject: Re: "" vs ''

From: James Edward Gray II [mailto:james@grayproductions.net] 
> >   -  It's less work for the interpreter.
> What makes you say this?
> # >> Rehearsal ---------------------------------------------
> # >> double:     0.270000   0.000000   0.270000 (  0.267826)
> # >> single:     0.260000   0.000000   0.260000 (  0.266784)
> # >> ------------------------------------ total: 0.530000sec
> # >>
> # >>                 user     system      total        real
> # >> double:     0.270000   0.000000   0.270000 (  0.268957)
> # >> single:     0.290000   0.000000   0.290000 (  0.286691)

And, FWIW, I did the same thing using a really long string with lots of
\ and # characters in it. I came to the same conclusion: no perceptible
difference in speed.