Testing against Ruby 1.8.6

Building String object constructor test cases...

Testing 10 passes of 200000 iterations for static (Set 1) versus processed (Set 2) String object constructors
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Set 1 mean: 3.985 s
Set 1 std dev: 0.006
Set 2 mean: 3.887 s
Set 2 std dev: 0.005
p.value: 1.0825088224469e-05
W: 100.0
The difference (-2.5%) IS statistically significant.

Testing 10 passes of 200000 iterations for static (Set 1) versus processed (Set 2) String object constructors
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Set 1 mean: 3.970 s
Set 1 std dev: 0.007
Set 2 mean: 3.870 s
Set 2 std dev: 0.006
p.value: 1.0825088224469e-05
W: 100.0
The difference (-2.5%) IS statistically significant.

Testing 10 passes of 200000 iterations for static (Set 1) versus processed (Set 2) String object constructors
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Set 1 mean: 3.976 s
Set 1 std dev: 0.003
Set 2 mean: 3.874 s
Set 2 std dev: 0.008
p.value: 1.0825088224469e-05
W: 100.0
The difference (-2.6%) IS statistically significant.

Testing 10 passes of 200000 iterations for static (Set 1) versus processed (Set 2) String object constructors
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Set 1 mean: 3.976 s
Set 1 std dev: 0.004
Set 2 mean: 3.872 s
Set 2 std dev: 0.005
p.value: 1.0825088224469e-05
W: 100.0
The difference (-2.6%) IS statistically significant.

Testing 10 passes of 200000 iterations for static (Set 1) versus processed (Set 2) String object constructors
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Set 1 mean: 3.979 s
Set 1 std dev: 0.004
Set 2 mean: 3.873 s
Set 2 std dev: 0.005
p.value: 1.0825088224469e-05
W: 100.0
The difference (-2.7%) IS statistically significant.

Testing 10 passes of 200000 iterations for static (Set 1) versus processed (Set 2) String object constructors
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Set 1 mean: 3.978 s
Set 1 std dev: 0.004
Set 2 mean: 3.873 s
Set 2 std dev: 0.003
p.value: 1.0825088224469e-05
W: 100.0
The difference (-2.7%) IS statistically significant.

Testing 10 passes of 200000 iterations for static (Set 1) versus processed (Set 2) String object constructors
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Set 1 mean: 3.982 s
Set 1 std dev: 0.008
Set 2 mean: 3.875 s
Set 2 std dev: 0.007
p.value: 1.0825088224469e-05
W: 100.0
The difference (-2.7%) IS statistically significant.

Testing 10 passes of 200000 iterations for static (Set 1) versus processed (Set 2) String object constructors
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Set 1 mean: 3.981 s
Set 1 std dev: 0.006
Set 2 mean: 3.872 s
Set 2 std dev: 0.004
p.value: 1.0825088224469e-05
W: 100.0
The difference (-2.7%) IS statistically significant.

Testing 10 passes of 200000 iterations for static (Set 1) versus processed (Set 2) String object constructors
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Set 1 mean: 3.981 s
Set 1 std dev: 0.004
Set 2 mean: 3.872 s
Set 2 std dev: 0.004
p.value: 1.0825088224469e-05
W: 100.0
The difference (-2.7%) IS statistically significant.

Testing 10 passes of 200000 iterations for static (Set 1) versus processed (Set 2) String object constructors
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Set 1 mean: 3.978 s
Set 1 std dev: 0.005
Set 2 mean: 3.870 s
Set 2 std dev: 0.006
p.value: 1.0825088224469e-05
W: 100.0
The difference (-2.7%) IS statistically significant.