syck vs syck
$ time python -c "import syck; syck.load(file('yaml').read())"
real 0m2.255s
user 0m1.572s
sys 0m0.088s
$ time ruby -ryaml -e "YAML.load(File.open('yaml'))"
real 0m9.455s
user 0m7.984s
sys 0m0.080s
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$ time python -c "import syck; syck.load(file('yaml').read())"
real 0m2.255s
user 0m1.572s
sys 0m0.088s
$ time ruby -ryaml -e "YAML.load(File.open('yaml'))"
real 0m9.455s
user 0m7.984s
sys 0m0.080s