Python3 solution to the even-number problem from Essential Go Training (for performance comparison purposes)

even-numbers.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

even_numbers = 0

x = 1000
y = 1000
 
while (x <= 9999):
    y = x
    while (y <= 9999):
        result = x * y
        if str(result)[0] == str(result)[len(str(result))-1]:
            even_numbers = even_numbers + 1
        y = y + 1
    x = x + 1
print(even_numbers)