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Perhaps someone can point up an example where it's helpful?

You will need it to create lists, for one, as in: ( 1, 5, 17 )

Otherwise it allows you to avoid blocks in unusual places like: do_whatever and log_this, dump_that;

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Re^5: hangman game
by QM (Parson) on May 19, 2015 at 10:08 UTC
    You will need it to create lists, for one, as in: ( 1, 5, 17 )
    No, that's a separator. A comma operator essentially says "expression; expression", as best I can tell.

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