The Loop That Ate My Computer

Let me tell you what happened the first time I wrote a loop. I wanted to print numbers from 1 to 10. Simple enough. I had just read about while loops. I thought I understood them. So I wrote this: number = 1 while number 10 : print ( number ) I ran it. Numbers started printing. 1, 2, 3... wait. Same numbers? 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1... The terminal filled up. Lines kept coming. The computer fan started spinning faster. I sat there frozen for three full seconds before I remembered to press Ctrl+C t