title: What does <> do in python?
body: <p>What do the <em>less than</em> followed by the <em>greater than</em> signs do in python?<br>
  Namely: <code>&lt;&gt;</code></p>
  
  <p>I Googled it, but Google doesn't recognize special characters, so it's like Googling "What does mean in python", which obviously doesn't give me the right answer.</p>