gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/python

def is_palindrome(number):
    return str(number) == str(number)[::-1]

if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Assumes that the largest palindrome will be created by two numbers in the range 900-1000
    print('{}*{} = {}'.format(*max((i,j,i*j)
                                      for i in range(1000, 900, -1)
                                      for j in range(1000, 900, -1)