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How fast is your favourite browser's JavaScript engine?
A JavaScript benchmark tool tested Opera 9.0, MSIE 6.0, and Firefox 1.5 and found that Opera came out top.

Browser 	        Average Time (ms)
Firefox 1.5 	                1974
Internet Explorer 6 (SP2) 	1622
Firefox 1.5 (Safe mode) 	1752
Opera 9.0 	                 442

Opera 9.0 is more than 3.5 times faster than all of the other competing browsers.

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