Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv11667 Modified Files: whatsnew24.tex Log Message: Fill in the benchmark figures, bogus or not; add a disclaimer Index: whatsnew24.tex =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex,v retrieving revision 1.116 retrieving revision 1.117 diff -u -d -r1.116 -r1.117 --- whatsnew24.tex 19 Nov 2004 14:43:36 -0000 1.116 +++ whatsnew24.tex 19 Nov 2004 14:55:28 -0000 1.117 @@ -1079,7 +1079,6 @@ \end{itemize} -% XXX fill in these figures % pystone is almost useless for comparing different versions of Python; % instead, it excels at predicting relative Python performance on % different machines. @@ -1089,8 +1088,10 @@ % and 2.4. The net result of the 2.4 optimizations is that Python 2.4 runs the -pystone benchmark around XX\% faster than Python 2.3 and YY\% faster -than Python 2.2. +pystone benchmark around 5\% faster than Python 2.3 and 35\% faster +than Python 2.2. (pystone is not a particularly good benchmark, but +it's the most commonly used measurement of Python's performance. Your +own applications may show greater or smaller benefits from Python~2.4.) %======================================================================