When are immutable tuples *essential*? Why can't you just use lists *everywhere* instead?

Bjoern Schliessmann usenet-mail-0306.20.chr0n0ss at spamgourmet.com
Fri Apr 20 14:28:51 EDT 2007


Luis M. González wrote:

> I don't remember exactly where I read about it, but Guido said
> once that tuples are being kept mainly for historical reasons.

Weren't tuples added when lists already existed?

Regards,


Björn

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