[pypy-svn] r54558 - pypy/dist/pypy/doc

[arigo at codespeak.net]

Author: arigo
Date: Thu May  8 14:31:00 2008
New Revision: 54558

Modified:
   pypy/dist/pypy/doc/getting-started.txt
Log:
Small updates to getting-started, thanks haypo.


Modified: pypy/dist/pypy/doc/getting-started.txt
==============================================================================
--- pypy/dist/pypy/doc/getting-started.txt	(original)
+++ pypy/dist/pypy/doc/getting-started.txt	Thu May  8 14:31:00 2008
@@ -50,10 +50,16 @@
 CPythons core language regression tests`_.  Because this invocation of
 PyPy still runs on top of CPython, it runs around 2000 times slower
 than the original CPython.
-
-However, since the 0.7.0 release it is possible to use PyPy to `translate
+Many extension modules are not enabled by default; to use them you need
+to pass ``--withmod-NAME`` arguments (for example, ``--withmod-_rawffi``
+is required to import our version of ctypes).
+
+This is probably not something you want to play with for too long,
+though, as it is really slow.
+Since the 0.7.0 release it is possible to use PyPy to `translate
 itself to lower level languages`_ after which it runs standalone, is not
-dependant on CPython anymore and becomes faster.
+dependant on CPython anymore and becomes faster (within the same speed
+magnitude as CPython itself).
 
 If you are using the precompiled Windows executables, please look
 at the included ``README.txt`` on how to start already translated