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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. (10[2])This language was created to develop the Unix standard kernel. (10[1]-5[1])The “free” and “malloc” functions are typically used to allocate (10[1])memory in (10[1])this language. (10[1])This is the oldest in a family of languages that use an asterisk to represent pointers, including an (10[1])object-oriented successor developed by Bjarne Stroustrup. For 10 points, what language featuring “sharp” and “plus (10[1])plus” extensions (10[3])is named for a single letter? ■END■ (10[1])

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

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Nikhil NairBoston University BTufts C3710
Mohamed AlgraiwMIT AWilliams B3710
Duncan OcchiogrossoUConn ABrandeis Bach4710
Brady BierBoston University AVermont A47-5
Caleb EllenbergBrown BBoston College A5710
Ayaan JajodiaDartmouth BBrandeis Mozart5910
Alan CaiAmherst AVermont B6110
Madeline StraussTufts ABrown A7910
Niki IliaBoston College BAmherst B9410
Matthew KohnWilliams ADartmouth A9610
William BergerDartmouth CBrandeis Beethoven9610
Andrew ParkHarvardMIT B9610
Ben MoweryVermont ABoston University A10310

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