I wrote the blog post and I definitely think ranges are worth using, and said as much in the link. I just don't think they're worth it in this particular case.

I wrote the blog post and I definitely think ranges are worth using, and said as much in the link. I just don't think they're worth it in this particular case. The code is usually clearer and more reusable with ranges, and if by chance they're bottleneck (unlikely) then rewrite into raw for loops.