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great cross-language explanation of a tuple
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bhuga_is_too_long_to_ [8:26 PM]
there is no limit to the number of things in a tuple. they are indeed the same as an array
bhuga_is_too_long_to_ [8:27 PM]
tuple is just a word that expresses that the array is expected to have a given length (2-tuple, 3-tuple, 4-tuple, etc), and that each element of the array is of an expected type in an expected location
bhuga_is_too_long_to_ [8:27 PM]
you can make a tuple type out of this concept, wrapping the array. nothing wrong with that either
bhuga_is_too_long_to_ [8:28 PM]
and they make life easier by being less bureaucracy than a proper type with n-members
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