Handlebars.js vs Django templates benchmark

dj.py

import time

from django.template import Template, Context
from django.conf import settings

settings.configure()

source = """<p>Hello, my name is {{name}}. I am from {{hometown}}. I have {{kids|length}} kids:</p>
            <ul>{% for kid in kids %}<li>{{kid.name}} is {{kid.age}}</li>{% endfor %}</ul>"""

template = Template(source)

data = {"name": "Alan", "hometown": "Somewhere, TX",
        "kids": [{"name": "Jimmy", "age": "12"}, {"name": "Sally", "age": "4"}]}

context = Context(data)

t = time.time()
for i in range(100000):
    template.render(context)
print time.time() - t

hb.js

// Uncomment the following line if running in Node.js
// var Handlebars = require("handlebars");

var source = "<p>Hello, my name is {{name}}. I am from {{hometown}}. I have " +
             "{{kids.length}} kids:</p>" +
             "<ul>{{#kids}}<li>{{name}} is {{age}}</li>{{/kids}}</ul>";

var template = Handlebars.compile(source);

var data = { "name": "Alan", "hometown": "Somewhere, TX",
             "kids": [{"name": "Jimmy", "age": "12"}, {"name": "Sally", "age": "4"}]};

console.time("render");

for (var i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
    var result = template(data);
}

console.timeEnd("render");

results.txt

$ python dj.py 
22.1622719765 (seconds)

$ node hb.js 
render: 401ms
(note that this was ~600ms when run in Chrome)