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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 (10[1])Kernighan (10[1])and its creator Dennis (10[1])Ritchie. This language was created to develop the Unix standard kernel. The “free” and “malloc” functions are typically (-5[1])used to allocate (10[1])memory in this language. 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 (10[1])is named (10[1])for a single (10[1])letter? ■END■ (10[2])

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

PlayerTeamOpponentPositionValue
Ryan ZhangWashington StateArizona State B3110
George MatsumuraWashington ChumAlberta A3210
Ryan ZhangBritish Columbia CBritish Columbia A3610
Vishnu SharmaTexasWashington Pink54-5
Gavin MorrowWashington SteelheadArizona State A5710
Logan Van PeltWashington CohoAlberta B9610
Joyann HuaBritish Columbia BWashington Sockeye9810
Anya SrinivasanWashington AtlanticBoise State10110
Daniel LuWashington PinkTexas10310
Sruti BanerjeeWashington ChinookWashington Masu10310

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