In bioinformatics, one of our main dataflow platforms, Nextflow, is built with unnamed tuples in mind. Implementing the ability to conveniently pass data with HashMaps instead of unnamed tuples was a huge boost to usability for me.
i really want to go on a rant about the general state and historical choices regarding data formats and data structures in bioinformatics, plus all the wheel reinvention.
but i’m also trying to move on and do things differently today.
let’s just say the situation is displeasing and leave it at that.
