mark dickinson vqpxmqtcgmailcom tue apr 29 2008 430 pm alexander belopolsky ynarxoxgakwehevgynagmailcom wrote would say possible n exceeds hundred million good idea pause think whether want loop implemented python begin maybe answer often going yes choice spending number hours translating everything c leaving computer work however inefficiently something else numbers arent ridiculously large tried range231 pass 32bit laptop took 7368 seconds 12 bit minutes aside contrast range2311 pass took 1311 seconds looks like theres potential optimization put another way rangen currently works py3k n sysmaxsize whats rationale breaking extention combined 64bit os may good idea routinely iterate huge datasets well huge datasets large time space requirements dont really come typical usecases longrunning processes mark fri 08 aug 2008 001535 0400 python3000 range issues