Throwing exceptions from records

[Ty Young]

> OK, thank you for the explanation. I guess when i read "record" I 
> associate it with a document such as a medical(or similar) record... 
> that is to say, something that is frozen in time and could be 
> reproduced given the same information. Random people elsewhere do 
> mention tuples when in conjunction with records, yes, but I didn't 
> think that was the true purpose but rather a side affect or bonus 
> feature. I take it the name is frozen and there is zero considerations 
> for naming it to something more true to the intended meaning(tuple)?
>
>

To be clear, I'm talking about minor, detail implementation difference 
between the two. Yes, I realize that a "record" is a "tuple" but the 
specific form, at least in my mind, can be slightly different between 
the two.