palindromes_devdo.py

import time
start = time.time()
total_count = 0
with open (r'seed.txt') as file:
  rangos = ((int(rango) for rango in line.split()) for line in file)
  for rango_ini, rango_final in rangos:
    nums = (str(num) for num in xrange(rango_ini, rango_final + 1))
    total_count += sum(1 for num in nums if num == num[::-1])
  end = time.time()
  print ("Total de palimdromes: {0}".format(total_count))
  print ("Duracion: {0:.3f} secs".format(end-start))

Asume que la busqueda de palindromes en en rangos inicio, fin (inclusive)