the strange work of lists and tuples.

tuple_vs_list_compares.py

"""
comparing tuples to tuples is faster than comparing lists to lists,                                          
but more interestingly, comparing a tuple to a list is apparently
faster than lists to lists.
"""

$ python -m timeit "[1, 1] < [1, 2]"
10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.186 usec per loop
$ python -m timeit "[1, 1] < (1, 2)"
10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.129 usec per loop
$ python -m timeit "(1, 1) < (1, 2)"
10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.0649 usec per loop

# and here is why:

>>> (1, 1) > (1, 2)
False
>>> (1, 1) > [1, 2]
True
>>> [1, 1] > [1, 2]
False

"""
I don't even know.
"""