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Counter to the PythonSpeed/PerformanceTips, on python 2.4 the following string concatenation is almost twice as fast:

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   1 from time import time
   2 t = time()
   3 
   4 s = 'lksdajflakjdsflku09uweoir'
   5 for x in range(40):
   6     s += s[len(s)/2:]
   7     
   8 print 'duration:', time()-t

as:

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   1 from time import time
   2 t = time()
   3 
   4 s = 'lksdajflakjdsflku09uweoir'
   5 for x in range(40):
   6     s = "".join((s, s[len(s)/2:]))
   7     
   8 print 'duration:', time()-t

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