Question
Note to moderators: DO NOT REVEAL the subtitle of the first answer. The essay that formed the basis of this book introduced Linus’s Law, the statement that “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Eric Raymond book that compares the two title models of software development, one of which restricts access of the source code to a small group of personnel.
ANSWER: The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary
[10e] Raymond discusses how the GNU project employed the cathedral model for developing software like the GCC compiler, which is often included in distributions alongside this Unix-like, Linus Torvalds-developed kernel.
ANSWER: Linux kernel
[10m] Raymond advocates the use of syntax of this type in The Cathedral and the Bazaar. An example of this syntax, which improves readability without adding functionality, is x += (plus equals) y evaluating to x = x + y.
ANSWER: syntactic sugar
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Summary
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | Cameron et al. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
The Passion According to C.H. | Parth et al. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | Milan et al. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |