>>>>> "TP" == Tim Peters <tim.one@home.com> writes:
TP> Random clue: when you're too lazy to try to subtact out loop
TP> overhead (not a knock, I am too), you may have better luck
TP> with
TP> r = [1] * 1000000
TP> than
TP> r = range(1000000)
Ah, good point!