Dumb python questions

[Paul Rubin]

Joal Heagney <s713221 at student.gu.edu.au> writes:
> Out of curiosity, is there a reason (e.g. curiosity on your part?)
> you're not using:
> 
> N = 100
> sum = N*(N+1)/2
> 
> which returns the sum of the first 100 integers much more quickly?

It was just a simple example to illustrate my question about how the
range function worked.  Of course I wouldn't code it that way in real
life.