2010/2/27 David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com:
The parser typically takes 2-10 seconds on an uncached en:wp page, so speeding that process up 1000x is, um, HOLY CRAP!
You're comparing apples with oranges. Domas was testing a simple API page info query, which is much more lightweight than a full-blown parse involving enwiki's crazy templates.
Roan Kattouw (Catrope)