Essentially, they’re not different. Lists are actually just tupples of tupples.
[1,2,3] is really {1, { 2, {3, nil}}}
Most, of not all FP languages represent lists this way, usually with a bit of syntactic sugar. This all comes from λ calculus, which is worthwhile to learn if you’re into FP.
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"Tuples are ordered collections of values." So how is this different to lists?
Essentially, they’re not different. Lists are actually just tupples of tupples.
[1,2,3]is really{1, { 2, {3, nil}}}Most, of not all FP languages represent lists this way, usually with a bit of syntactic sugar. This all comes from λ calculus, which is worthwhile to learn if you’re into FP.