Round 10: Tossup 2

This programming language originated a comma operator that discards the results of all operands except (10[1])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 (10[1])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” (10[1])extensions (10[1])is named for a single letter? ■END■

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