Why tuples use parentheses ()'s instead of something else like <>'s?

[Aahz]

In article <roy-4BF62D.16034829122004 at reader1.panix.com>,
Roy Smith  <roy at panix.com> wrote:
>In article <33gjr1F3siliuU1 at individual.net>,
> Reinhold Birkenfeld <reinhold-birkenfeld-nospam at wolke7.net> wrote:
>>
>> >>+<< being an operator
>
>Looks more like a smiley for "guy wearing a bowtie"

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