[Boost-users] [Tuple] What's the point?

I know that sounds like a slightly flippant question, but I really don't get it. I've used tuples a few times, always for the multiple return value behaviour using tie( ), but in the end it always seems to be a better solution to use a struct. Code like t.get<1>( ) = "fred"; is a bit non-obvious, compared to t.forename = "fred"; So have I entirely missed the point of tuples? Thanks, Rob.