On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Range(10) stores the min max values and loads each number in between >> when needed. > > It loads?? As in 'load-up-a-van'??
As in loads into memory. > When you see: > >>>> 10 > 10 > > 1. Does someone (a clerk maybe) in the computer count to 10? > 2. Or do you, seeing that interaction, count to 10? > [If you do, replace the 10 by 1000] > 3. Or do you, remember what it means to count to 10 without having to do it? I don't understand why you think any of these are implied by the word "load". > Now go back to your statement about 'loading' and find a better verb I presume he used "load" because that was the word I used in my explanatory post about the difference between range in Python 2 and Python 3 yesterday. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list