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Fill in the benchmark figures, bogus or not; add a disclaimer

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Andrew M. Kuchling 2004-11-19 14:55:28 +00:00
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@ -1079,7 +1079,6 @@ you want to efficiently glue a large number of strings together.
\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 @@ you want to efficiently glue a large number of strings together.
% 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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