[pypy-svn] r79584 - pypy/trunk/pypy/doc

[fijal at codespeak.net]

Author: fijal
Date: Fri Nov 26 19:05:51 2010
New Revision: 79584

Modified:
   pypy/trunk/pypy/doc/release-1.4.0.txt
Log:
quick intro

Modified: pypy/trunk/pypy/doc/release-1.4.0.txt
==============================================================================
--- pypy/trunk/pypy/doc/release-1.4.0.txt	(original)
+++ pypy/trunk/pypy/doc/release-1.4.0.txt	Fri Nov 26 19:05:51 2010
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 
     http://pypy.org/download.html
 
+What is PyPy
+============
+
+PyPy is a very complaint Python interpreter, almost a drop-in replacement
+for CPython. It's fast (`pypy 1.4 and cpython 2.6`_ comparison)
+
 Among its new features, this release includes numerous performance improvements
 (which made fast self-hosting possible), a 64-bit JIT backend, as well
 as serious stabilization. As of now, we can consider the 32-bit and 64-bit