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This programming language originated a comma operator that discards the results of all operands except the rightmost one. The K&R indentation style was developed for this language in a textbook by Brian Kernighan and its creator Dennis Ritchie. This language was created to develop the Unix standard kernel. The “free” and “malloc” functions are typically used to allocate memory in this language. (10[1])This is the oldest in a family of languages that use an asterisk to represent pointers, including an object-oriented successor developed by Bjarne Stroustrup. For 10 points, what language featuring “sharp” and “plus plus” extensions is named for a single letter? ■END■

ANSWER: C [reject “C++” or “C#”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Peyton LeggUCF AFlorida A6110

Summary

TournamentEditionTUHConv. %Neg %Average Buzz
UK (North)UK5100%0%63.80
UK (South)UK8100%38%75.13
Northern CaliforniaUS1100%0%37.00
Southern CaliforniaUS7100%0%43.57
Eastern Canada (1)US5100%20%63.60
Eastern Canada (2)US9100%0%58.78
FloridaUS1100%0%61.00
Great LakesUS12100%25%69.33
Lower Mid-AtlanticUS9100%0%80.56
Upper Mid-AtlanticUS12100%8%61.92
MidwestUS9100%33%73.00
NorthUS1100%0%26.00
NortheastUS12100%8%71.83
PacificUS9100%11%73.00
SoutheastUS13100%0%70.62
Upstate NYUS5100%0%62.80