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This programming language originated a comma operator that discards the results of all operands except the rightmost one. (10[1])The K&R indentation style was developed for this (10[1])language in a textbook by Brian Kernighan and its creator Dennis Ritchie. (10[1])This language was created to develop the Unix standard kernel. The “free” and “malloc” (10[1])functions (10[1])are typically used to allocate memory in this language. (10[1]-5[1])This is the oldest in a family of languages that use an asterisk to represent pointers, including an object-oriented successor developed by (-5[1])Bjarne Stroustrup. (-5[1])For 10 points, what language featuring “sharp” and “plus plus” (10[1])extensions (10[3])is named for a single letter? ■END■ (10[2])

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