python pow functions benchmark

Configuration:
          Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU       M 380  @ 2.53GHz
          Core Processor DRAM Controller

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Testing Pow functions
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Custom/Recursive function

          0 JUMP_IF_TRUE_OR_POP 30575
          3 LOAD_NAME       10354 (10354)
          6 <49>
          7 <48>
          8 <44>
          9 SLICE+2
         10 <49>
         11 <48>
         12 <48>
         13 STORE_SLICE+1
         103 function calls (3 primitive calls) in 0.000 seconds

   Ordered by: standard name

   ncalls  tottime  percall  cumtime  percall filename:lineno(function)
        1    0.000    0.000    0.000    0.000 <string>:1(<module>)
    101/1    0.000    0.000    0.000    0.000 pow.py:7(power)
        1    0.000    0.000    0.000    0.000 {method 'disable' of '_lsprof.Profiler' objects}


execution time 0.000048
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built in math.pow function

          0 IMPORT_FROM     29793 (29793)
          3 BUILD_SET       28718
          6 JUMP_IF_FALSE_OR_POP 10359
          9 <49>
         10 <48>
         11 <44>
         12 SLICE+2
         13 <49>
         14 <48>
         15 <48>
         16 STORE_SLICE+1
         3 function calls in 0.000 seconds

   Ordered by: standard name

   ncalls  tottime  percall  cumtime  percall filename:lineno(function)
        1    0.000    0.000    0.000    0.000 <string>:1(<module>)
        1    0.000    0.000    0.000    0.000 {math.pow}
        1    0.000    0.000    0.000    0.000 {method 'disable' of '_lsprof.Profiler' objects}


execution time 0.000002
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built in operators 10 ** 100

          0 <49>
          1 <48>
          2 SLICE+2
          3 STORE_SLICE+2
          4 STORE_SLICE+2
          5 SLICE+2
          6 <49>
          7 <48>
          8 <48>
         2 function calls in 0.000 seconds

   Ordered by: standard name

   ncalls  tottime  percall  cumtime  percall filename:lineno(function)
        1    0.000    0.000    0.000    0.000 <string>:1(<module>)
        1    0.000    0.000    0.000    0.000 {method 'disable' of '_lsprof.Profiler' objects}


execution time 0.000001