[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew whatsnew24.tex, 1.116, 1.117

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew
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	whatsnew24.tex 
Log Message:
Fill in the benchmark figures, bogus or not; add a disclaimer

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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex,v
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--- 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.)
 
 
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