[joewillsher]

You can use the zip function to loop through 2 collections.

`for (l, r) in zip(c1, c2) {`

It is not simply motivated by making code concise, I would say `for num in collection.reverse()` is less error prone and clearer than `for (var i = collection.count; i >= 0; i--) { var num = collection[i] ... }`

The reverse collection iterator is computed lazily too, so there is no little perf overhead

[bluecalm]

Sometimes having those counting variables available is needed. You can use enumerate now but it introduces a lot of noise as now everything is a tuple with a number. It just makes expressing some algorithms messier and less readable although in general for sure "new style" loop is more readable and less bug prone.