Sample output:
starting number: 812764553098127465342898712309
range: 5000
iterations: 300

took about 20 seconds on my machine (1.8Mhz P4)
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812764553098127465342898712635
4488378888734966548456694378888738844
15 iterations

812764553098127465342898713285
44788738589552672365259864974621212647946895256327625598583788744
87 iterations

812764553098127465342898714034
133897878544575536989666666989635575445878798331
41 iterations

812764553098127465342898714578
4899898347567559934554399557657438989984
26 iterations

812764553098127465342898714634
4857976971477752797777972577741796797584
24 iterations

812764553098127465342898714635
4985234776656766548456676566774325894
15 iterations

812764553098127465342898714934
133897878544575536989666666989635575445878798331
41 iterations

812764553098127465342898715600
44048954534313643666634631343545984044
19 iterations

812764553098127465342898716000
23359734530232126499462123203543795332
20 iterations

812764553098127465342898716149
893476698844521793588767885397125448896674398
34 iterations

812764553098127465342898716364
3521354666865433432222343345686664531253
26 iterations

812764553098127465342898716635
4983015537656766548456676567355103894
15 iterations

812764553098127465342898717269
199598788874344769926629967443478887895991
24 iterations

13 of 5000 numbers in the range
812764553098127465342898712309 to 812764553098127465342898717309
formed palindromes in 300 or fewer iterations
high iterations: 87
low iterations: 15
