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Performance

A page with 25 comments on an otherwise empty WordPress 2.7 got created on average 28% faster!

Profile of filters on 2.6.5 without plugin on a page with 403 comments:

    Total: 7.052s, Filters/Actions: 5.856s (83%), Db: 0.033s (0.5%)
    1. convert_smilies (calls: 403, total time: 3.911s (55.5%))
    ...

Profile with plugin:

    Total: 3.439s, Filters/Actions: 2.174s (63.2%), Db: 0.036s (1%)
    ...
    4. convert_smilies (calls: 403, total time: 0.357s (10.4%))
    ...

More than 50% faster!