efficiency of range() and xrange() in for loops

[Paddy]

I wondered at the tone of some of the replies, re-read the repliess and
your original message. On first readings ithought that your original
message was OK and that the replies were a bit 'strong' . On second
reading I thought that the original could be interpreted a little less
nicely, but I had to go looking.

Please don't be put off using this news group. I guesss we all have to
be extra careful about tone when no one can see your facial expressions
:-)

- Pad.

P.S. I was having problems with the Google server - sorry if this is
replicated.