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+# Matplotlib benchmarks
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+This benchmark suite uses [airspeed velocity](https://asv.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) to run benchmarks at <https://matplotlib.org/mpl-bench/> for [Matplotlib](https://matplotlib.org)
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+To get started using `asv`, install it `pip install asv`, and then run
+`asv dev` from the top of this repository.  The benchmark tests are in the
+subdirectory `benchmarks/`.