It's not just a Python thing, Java for example generally uses the
idiom:
for (Iterator it = list.iterator(); it.hasNext(); ) {
Object next = it.next();
//Do stuff to next
}
Horrible compared to the python idiom of course (though the latest
version supports for (x : list){})
Ruby has something similar in:
list.each do |item|
print item
end
Again, not as nice as the python idiom IMHO (Though there may be better
ways - I don't know Ruby very well).
So really, all modern programming languages seem to prefer the
loop-over-iterator idiom in preference to looping over a numerical
range.
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