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

[Alex Martelli]

Jeff Shannon <jeff at ccvcorp.com> wrote:
   ...
> to remember and type some arcane alt-keycode formula to be able to do
> basic scripting would be obnoxious, to say the least.  Most keyboards
> worldwide provide decent support for the ASCII character set (though 
> some add a few extra national characters).  Perhaps things will change

Italian-layout support for braces is the pits (alt-keycodes ahoy): one
way I managed to get a local friend interested in Python was to point
out that he'd neved NEED to type braces (calling `dict' is just as good
a way to make dictionaries, as braces-laden `dict display' forms;-).


Alex