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[-] Karjalan@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

I assume p is for "parentheses", because where I grew up it was BEDMAS, for brackets.

[-] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 3 points 1 day ago

I was taught BEDMAS as well in school (Ontario, Canada)

[-] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

BODMAS or BOMDAS in Australia since we call ordinals ordinals

Brackets have pretty much always been needed to disambiguate precedence between addition and subtraction (which is really all addition) and between multiplication and division

[-] lillardfair@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Blease Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

[-] goldfndr@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Blease Excuse Dear My Aunt Sally

[-] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Yes, indeed - it encompasses parantheses, brackets, and braces.

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