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Comment by xdennis

17 hours ago

> super-comma

I would have assumed it's a synonym for apostrophe. super-comma <-> upper-comma, with super meaning upper, like in superscript.

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basch  16 hours ago

I think of it as supersedes the comma in the order of operations. You work inward, or outward (depending which way you read the list.)

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