Tuples & lists

[Terry Reedy]

From: tjreedy at udel.edu (Terry Reedy)

In article <377bbde1 at news.xtml.co.uk>, nick at NOSPAMvideosystem.co.uk says...

>Why both having tuples and lists? As far as I can see there're the same, but
>tuples are read only..? Have I missed something in the tutorial?

There is probably something in the the FAQ.  BAsically, tuples are stored 
more compactly and can be used as dictionary keys (because they ARE 
readonly). 

TJR