Round 11: Tossup 2

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 (10[1])language. (-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 Bjarne Stroustrup. For 10 points, what language featuring “sharp” and “plus (10[2])plus” extensions is named for a single letter? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: C [reject “C++” or “C#”]
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= Average correct buzzpoint

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Buzzes


Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Northern CaliforniaMain1100%0%37.00
Southern CaliforniaMain7100%0%43.57
Eastern Canada (1)Main5100%20%63.60
Eastern Canada (2)Main9100%0%58.78
FloridaMain1100%0%61.00
Great LakesMain12100%25%69.33
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain9100%0%80.56
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain12100%8%61.92
MidwestMain9100%33%73.00
NorthMain1100%0%26.00
NortheastMain12100%8%71.83
PacificMain9100%11%73.00
South CentralMain4100%25%87.75
SoutheastMain13100%0%70.62
Upstate NYMain5100%0%62.80
UK (North)UK5100%0%63.80
UK (South)UK8100%38%75.13