[jira] Created: (BOO-484) For loop similar to Basic's for <var> = <start> to <end> [step <step>]:

For loop similar to Basic's for <var> = <start> to <end> [step <step>]:
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         Key: BOO-484
         URL: http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/BOO-484
     Project: Boo
        Type: New Feature
 Environment: All
 Reporter: Cameron Kenneth Knight
    Priority: Minor


Boo's current for loop with range is much slower than C#'s simpler for loop
If we were to go with Basic's syntax of 
for <var> = <start> to <end> [step <step>]:
    <block>

Which, would give the same result as
for <var> in range(<start>, <end>[, <step>]):
    <block>

but could be made a lot faster.

I ran a test where I, in C#, iterated through a for loop 1,000,000,000 times, 
taking 1.75 seconds.
I then ran a test in Boo that iterated through its for loop using range 
1,000,000,000 times, taking 47.58 seconds.

I don't know if there is another way to make the for-range statement faster, 
but the way I proposed can cut out the enumerator altogether.

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