Yes, it's simply a joke. But it's a really fast (and small) one.
For real? I bet some real software could've been written in the time it took to make this. It's not even that funny =/
I submitted a pertinent question to HN a moment before this was submitted, and it's only up to 3 upvotes. This stupid shit is going to make the frontpage. Ok, ok, I'm just jealous.
Well, this stupid shit let me see your question which otherwise I would have lost.
I figured if I can't beat 'em, then join 'em. Thanks for the cross post.
Missing humour as well.
JS libraries have been in a benchmark war for a while now. This is an attempt at humor from the author of Prototype, a library that some would argue has been overtaken and overshadowed by jQuery.
Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog: you understand it better, but the frog dies in the process. Mark Twain
It's probably just a JSConf inside joke/social experiment.