#!/usr/bin/env python

def timereps(reps, func):
    from time import time
    start = time()
    for i in range(0, reps):
        func()
    end = time()
    return (end - start) / reps

import os
listdir_time = timereps(10000, lambda: os.listdir('/'))
print "python can do %d os.listdir('/') per second" % (1 / listdir_time)