list vs tuple

[deadmeat]

> > Integers being objects unto themselves is.. just.. weird.
> Are floats OK? Bignums? Rationals?
> What grudge do you hold against integers?

Any such values..

I'm so used to treating bytes (or char's) as 8 (or 7) bits alone.  Having a
high level language such as Python automagically wrap basic data types into
objects without me having to do it seems unnatural, given my background.