dcramer/mangodb — pull request #15 by paulmillr (2012-06-21 08:15:23+00:00)
Title: Replace `while True` with `while 1` for more web scale sauce.

In Python 2.x, True is not a keyword, so it can be reassigned. Compiler replaces `while 1` loop with a single jump, so it is faster by 10%.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/ppote/how_would_you_explain_a_performance_gap_between/