"Tuples are for heterogeneous data, lists are for homogeneous data."

Arthur ajsiegel at optonline.net
Tue Mar 11 21:59:34 EST 2003


The subject line is a Guido quote from today's dev list.

Is the point Guido making performance related, or is it something else? I
have used lists extensively for heterogenous data, and wonder what it is I
am losing by so doing.

Art






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