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+(ns stencil.perf
+  (:require [stencil.api :as api]))
+
+(set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
+(set! *unchecked-math* :warn-on-boxed)
+
+(defn- stats [numbers]
+  (let [n     (count numbers)
+        mean  (double (/ (double (reduce + 0.0 numbers)) n))
+        stdev (Math/sqrt (/ ^double (reduce + 0.0 (for [a numbers] (Math/pow (- mean ^double a) 2))) (dec n)))]
+    [mean stdev]))
+
+(defn- measured [f]
+  (let [before (System/nanoTime)]
+    (f)
+    (quot (double (- (System/nanoTime) before)) 1000000)))
+
+(defn stats-of [n f] (stats (repeatedly n #(measured f))))
+
+(defn black-hole []
+  (proxy [java.io.FilterOutputStream] [nil]
+    (flush []) (close []) (write ([_ _ _] nil) ([_] nil))))
+
+(def data {"value" "hello world 99"})
+
+(defn main [n template]
+  (println "Start" n "measurements on" template)
+  (let [n (Long/parseLong (str n))
+        [mean stdev] (stats-of n (partial api/prepare template))]
+    (println "Ran" n "times:")
+    (println :mean mean :stdev stdev)
+    (let [prepared (api/prepare template)
+          [mean stdev] (stats-of n #(api/render! prepared data :output (black-hole)))]
+      (println "Rendering:")
+      (println :mean mean :stdev stdev))))