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A library whose logo is this animal includes the TableGen tool, which takes an input “target description” file with extension .td. A green one of these animals named Konqi is a mascot for the creator of the Plasma Desktop, KDE. The NSA open-sourced their internal reverse engineering tool in 2019, which appropriately for its name (15[1])depicts this animal in its logo. In an image, the phrases “LALR parser generator” (15[1])and “syntax directed translation” are written on a person next to one of these animals representing complexity. Clang is a “frontend” that uses a project with this animal logo (-5[1])as a “backend”; that compiler toolchain is (*) LLVM. (10[1])Monica Lam became a co-author alongside Jeffrey Ullmann and Alfred Aho for the second edition of a textbook with this animal on the cover. For 10 points, several classic textbooks about compiler design are nicknamed for their color and what animal being battled on the cover? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: dragons [accept wyverns] (The NSA tool is Ghidra, named after the Godzilla enemy King Ghidorah.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Vishwa ShanmugamMacro Editorsscreaming into the public static void main(String[] args)5415
Seth EbnerDianetics for DiabeticsEight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping6815
Kevin YeWe Bought a Complexity Zoo Storya neural-net processor; a thinking machine97-5
Dan Niplaying emacs while my parents are arguingEdwardian Manifestation of All Colonial Sins10510
Kevin Wanga neural-net processor; a thinking machineWe Bought a Complexity Zoo Story15210